Original Entry: July 21, 2008
McMinnville, OR
See k the
Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Isaiah 55:6
July is
scouting season. July is the month when the antler growth is near its end and
the animals are in the velvet, which means their antlers are more sensitive and
they tend to spend more time in the open to avoid rubbing their sensitive tines
on brush and trees.
As their
antlers harden they begin to rub the velvet off, thus spending much of their
time hidden in the dark timber and brush patches. For a hunter to learn about an area this is
the time to catch bucks and bulls in their most casual state even though
hunting season is yet to begin.
Our short
time on earth is our brief scouting season prior to eternity. A man’s time on earth is short. He has a set
time frame in which to “seek the Lord
while he may be found” (Isaiah 55:6). Hebrews
9:27 warns, “It is given for every
man to die once and then the judgment.”
This is our time, our season, and our only opportunity to seek the
Lord. When we die our season of seeking
is over, drawing us into an eternal season of either continued separation (Isaiah 59:2) or union with our
God.
In 1 Corinthians 13:12 we read, “Now we see but a poor reflection as in a
mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know
fully, even as I am fully known.”
In heaven
we will be (I don’t understand how) in a constant state of connectedness with
our King. Now, however, we must spend
our lives seeking His face. The only shot at His presence for those who do not
follow Christ is the short season called life.
In is book called, Heaven, Randy Alcorn accurately states, “for
the believer, earth is the closest we will ever get to hell, but for the
unbeliever earth is the closest they will ever get to heaven.”
“Seek the
Lord while He may be found” because one day a man will either be eternally lost or eternally
found.
