Psalms 16:2 and 8:1.

My Shepherd met me in His green pastures and laid me down in Isaiah 55. The Mind of the Spirit engaged the spirit of my mind in verses 6-7:

Isaiah 55:6 ¶ Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Isaiah 55:7 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.

“Seek the Lord” is used 27 times in the Bible (26 in the Old Testament and 1 in the New). To seek involves making an earnest inquisition. The Spirit explains this in Acts 17, where He speaks of His invitation to seek the Lord being extended to the Gentiles (Acts 17:23-28).* He explains seeking the Lord as engagingthe feelings, longing to find Him, striving to make the connection against every contrary inclination.

“While he may be found,” warns us that the matter is urgent, and we must not presume on His availability. To those now living whom the Devil deceives into believing He is beyond their reach, Christ says, “Come! Seek the Lord,” for all who seek will find (Revelation 22:17; Matthew 7:7; Jeremiah 29:13-14). To those whom the Devil deceives into believing there is no urgency that you seek Him now because He will always be found when you are ready, Christ says, “Seek the Lord while he may be found” (Isaiah 55:6; Jeremiah 14:11; Proverbs 1:24-30**).

We must “call upon him while he is near,” and He is near right now (Psalm 95:7-9; see Hebrews 3:7-9). Do it today; we have no guarantee of tomorrow (John 7:6; see Luke 13:1-5; Selah!).

Along the still waters, the LORD spoke to me concerning what it means to “Seek the Lord.” A colon follows the exhortation to seek the LORD. A colon indicates the phrase or clause following it explains, illustrates, or amplifies what precedes the colon. This means the clause: “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” (Isiah 55:7) explains what it means to “seek the LORD” and what happens if we do.

To “seek the LORD” involves forsaking our wicked ways (where the word wicked means to be morally corrupt, or corrupting of others), and the unrighteous man forsaking his thoughts. The word unrighteous refers to one whose ways are vanity, without value or worth. And the thoughts in view are those machinations, conspiracies, evil inventions, or plots that often occupy the thoughts of such men.

The point is that “seek the LORD” involves repentance where needed: turning from an evil way to a good one.

I thought about the fact that the exhortation, “To day, if ye will hear His voice,” was spoken to God’s people (See Hebrews 3:7-9). Categorically, we are not identified as “wicked.” Which is the basis of repeated warnings and exhortations that therefore we should not act as they do (Ephesians 5:8-10***).

In the valley, Jesus met me quickly and renewed His daily call: “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me” (Luke 9:23). The “feeling after Him” required in seeking His face involves taking up our cross and following His steps (1 Peter 2:21).

At the table, my Shepherd anointed my head with His oil and filled my cup with His grace. Goodness and mercy followed closely as we left the table to work the fields.

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[* Acts 17:23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

Acts 17:25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

Acts 17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

Acts 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

Acts 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.]

[**Proverbs 1:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

Proverbs 1:25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

Proverbs 1:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

Proverbs 1:27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

Proverbs 1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

Proverbs 1:29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

Proverbs 1:30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.]

[*** Ephesians 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

Ephesians 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

Ephesians 5:10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.]