Isaiah 55:6-7 New American Standard Bible
6 Seek the Lord while He may be found;
Call upon Him while He is near.
7 Let the wicked abandon his way,
And the unrighteous person his thoughts;
And let him return to the Lord,
And He will have compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
Word of God for the Children of God
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen, amen.
Hurry Up! Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late: Seek the Lord While You Still Can …
It is rather an obvious observation to say we are presently living in a generation that’s information overloaded, distracted by any noise, and busy chasing things that’ll never satisfy, will certainly cause all manner of physical, spiritual harm.
All the impact and temptations and wreckage from social media gaffs, success, comfort, clout, it represents life wasted on things having no eternal weight.
But behind the screens, the noise, and the veneer of having it all together, there is an annoying throbbing toothache in the soul that refuses to go away.
People are spiritually starving while they are feasting on literal emptiness.
And into that emptiness, God speaks through Isaiah with piercing clarity: “Seek ye the LORD while he may still be found, call ye upon him while he is yet near” (Isaiah 55:6).
Understand, this is not any gentle or subtle suggestion, it’s a divine warning.
God is not hiding, but He also will not remain available forever. (Romans 1:24-25
24 Therefore God gave them up to vile impurity in the lusts of their hearts, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. 25 For they exchanged the truth of God for [a]falsehood, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed [b]forever. Amen.
The offer of salvation is real, but so is the deadline.
The same passage from Isaiah 55 opens with an invitation:
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters… without money and without price” (Isaiah 55:1).
God initially offers eternal life freely. You don’t need wealth or status. What you do need is repentance and faith. But the urgency is clear, the window is closing.
Jesus told a parable in Luke 16 that still shakes the soul.
A rich man clothed in purple silk and living in daily indulgence ignored a poor man named Lazarus who lay suffering just outside his gate.
One had everything in this life but nothing in the next.
The other had nothing in this life but everything in eternity.
When they died, the roles were reversed.
Lazarus was comforted.
The rich man found himself in torment.
Too late, he realized the truth.
Too late, he begged for relief.
Too late, he asked someone to warn his brothers.
But Abraham told him, “They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them” (Luke 16:29).
In other words, they already have the Word of God and if they reject that, no miracle will wake them up.
That applies just as much today.
We have the Scriptures.
We have the testimony of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
We have the Gospel.
Yet people scroll past it, mock it, ignore it.
They wait for a miraculous sign, a gut feeling, another better time.
The Bible says, “Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2).
There may not be a later.
None of us is promised tomorrow.
And once death comes, the door is shut (Hebrews 9:27).
The rich man found that out the hard way.
You don’t have to.
God is still calling. Isaiah 55: 7 says, “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”
There’s unlimited mercy waiting for anyone who will turn back, real mercy, full forgiveness, eternal life.
But it requires our response.
It means forsaking our sins, rejecting the lies this world feeds you, and Psalm 51 turning fully to the Lord. That kind of surrender isn’t weakness, it’s wisdom.
God’s ways are always higher than ours (Isaiah 55: 8–9), and His Word never fails (Isaiah 55:11).
8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it produce and sprout,
And providing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
11 So will My word be which goes out of My mouth;
It will not return to Me empty,
Without accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the purpose for which I sent it.
When He speaks, things happen.
When He calls, souls are changed.
But if you ignore that call long enough, your heart can grow too hard to hear it.
That’s why Hebrews 3: 15 warns, “Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.”
The truth is, the opportunity to be saved is open now but it will not stay open forever.
That’s why the Gospel must be preached not only with hope but with urgency.
The message is crystal clear: turn now, while you still can.
Don’t be lulled into complacency by comfort or distracted by finite temporary pleasures.
This world is passing away, but the one who does the will of God will live forever (1 John 2:15-17).
Do Not Love the World
15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 The world is passing away and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God continues to live forever.
So, what are you waiting for?
More proof?
More time?
More signs?
You’ve already been given what you need: the Word of God, the invitation of grace, and the warning of coming judgment.
Don’t be like the rich man who realized the truth only when it was too late.
Don’t gamble your soul on “someday.”
Come to Christ now.
Seek the Lord while He may be found.
Call upon Him while He is near.
Time is running out, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
Praying ….
God’s Eternity and the Brevity of Human Life.
A Prayer of [a]Moses, the man of God.
90 Lord, You have been our [b]dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were born
[c]Or You gave birth to the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
3 You turn mortals back into dust
And say, “Return, you sons of mankind.”
4 For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it passes by,
[d]Or like a watch in the night.
5 You have [e]swept them away like a flood, they [f]fall asleep;
In the morning they are like grass that [g]sprouts anew.
6 In the morning it flourishes and [h]sprouts anew;
Toward evening it wilts and withers away.
7 For we have been consumed by Your anger,
And we have been terrified by Your wrath.
8 You have placed our guilty deeds before You,
Our hidden sins in the light of Your presence.
9 For all our days have dwindled away in Your fury;
We have finished our years like a [i]sigh.
10 As for the days of our [j]life, [k]they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, eighty years,
Yet their pride is only trouble and tragedy;
For it quickly passes, and we disappear.
11 Who [l]understands the power of Your anger
And Your fury, according to the fear [m]that is due You?
12 So teach us to number our days,
That we may [n]present to You a heart of wisdom.
13 Do return, Lord; how long will it be?
And [o]be sorry for Your servants.
14 Satisfy us in the morning with Your graciousness,
That we may sing for joy and rejoice all our days.
15 Make us glad [p]according to the days You have afflicted us,
And the years we have seen [q]evil.
16 Let Your work appear to Your servants
And Your majesty [r]to their children.
17 May the kindness of the Lord our God be upon us;
And [s]confirm for us the work of our hands;
Yes, [t]confirm the work of our hands.
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen, amen.
Loving God, Living God, Loving Hope, Living Hope, Loving Living Life His Way! "Many things are possible for the person who has hope. Even more is possible for the person who has faith. And still more is possible for the person who knows how to love. But everything is possible for the person who practices all three virtues." - Brother Lawrence (1605-1691), Practicing the Presence of God (1692). 