THE GENERATION OF GOD’S SEEKERS

FRIDAY, 5TH JANUARY, 2024.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE – General Overseer

 

TOPIC: THE GENERATION OF GOD’S SEEKERS

MEMORIZE: “This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob.” Psalms 24:3-6.

 

SCRIPTURE READING: “Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.” Psalms 24:3-6.

 

EXPOSITION:

Many people are seeking God for what they will get from Him such as protection, wealth, fruitfulness, fame and may more. This made their service to God conditional and not from a true heart. Ut those who are true seekers will join themselves to God, to seek him, not only in earnest prayer, but in serious endeavours to obtain his favour to be useful for him and keep themselves in his love. Having made it the summit of their happiness, they make it the summit of their ambition to be accepted of him, and therefore take care and pains to approve themselves to him.  It is to the hill of the Lord that we must ascend, and, the way being up-hill, we have need to put forth ourselves to the utmost, as those that seek diligently.

 

They also join themselves to the people of God, to seek God with them.  Being brought into communion with God, they come into communion of saints; conforming to the patterns of the saints that have gone before, they seek God's face, as Jacob who was therefore surnamed Israel, because he wrestled with God and prevailed, sought him and found him; and, associating with the saints of their own day. They shall be glad of an acquaintance with God's people (Zec 8:23 “Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.”), shall incorporate themselves with them, and, when they subscribe with their hands to the Lord, shall call themselves by the name of Jacob, Isa 44:5 “One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.”.

 

As soon as ever Paul was converted he joined himself to the disciples, Acts 9:26 “And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples”.  They shall seek God's face in Jacob, that is, in the assemblies of his people. Thy face, O God of Jacob! so our margin supplies it, and makes it easy. As all believers are the spiritual seed of Abraham, so all that strive in prayer are the spiritual seed of Jacob, to whom God never said, Seek you me in vain.

 

PRAYER POINT: Lord, help my prayer life to be alive and strong in Jesus name.

 

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