The above scripture is written from Isaiah 55:6. In Psalm 27:8, when You said, seek My face, my heart said to You, Your face, Lord, I will seek.
There will be a time coming that the Lord’s face will not be found. Every minute we live here is a gift and precious. Now it is mentioned throughout the Bible, that no man can see the face of God. However…….
There were certain people throughout the Word, that did see Him. He showed up and answered their cry for help. I mentioned in my blog the last time, that Daniel walked in the fire with the Son of God before He was manifested in the flesh. So there are different instances of people seeing “the Angel of the Lord.” He also spoke Words to the people, like Hagar( she was Abraham’s slave; Genesis 16:13-14). Joshua was also visited by Jesus, as the Lord of Hosts, in Joshua 5:13. He evened showed up and spoke to a donkey, then manifested Himself to a prophet in Numbers 22:22-33. Of course, He showed up to the 11 apostles and others that were hiding in John 20 in His Resurrected state which the world was not privy to. He showed His Person, as King, to Stephen before he was stoned by people from a synagogue. Side note… I wonder why the religious are the first to throw stones… ?
So have the faith in His love for you and ask for eyes to see Him. Ask the Father to have a heart that believes He is there with you and answering your prayers… Just because they are not exactly as the way you want, they are answered. He is faithful. Trust Him.
The Lord’s face is also His Word. If we are seeking Him, the Holy Spirit will illuminate the Word before our eyes. The word face, countenance, and person all refer to the same definition in Strong’s Concordance. It is very lengthy but you can look it up #6440. In Hebrew, the words all refer to the Person of the Lord. This is what is meant by seeking the Lord’s face, we are seeking His Person…. He, the Lord, God of all, . We seek after all that He is, all of Him. It will take us a lifetime and more to know Him because HE IS SOOOOO BIG!!!!
In Acts 17:26-27, Paul is speaking to a crowd: And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they may grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.
God doesn’t care the way we may seek Him as long as we seek Him. I am not a religious person at all…. I was far from God, having not the revelation of the Jesus Christ of Nazareth as Savior…. But when I called out, He came to me. How did I know that it was God? Because He answered me with an answer only God could have given me. Then He did stuff in my life that only God could do. He changed hearts for me and changed my heart towards Him…. No one else could have heard my prayer, I cried out in the silence of my broken heart…. He did hear and answered me, I heard His Voice which no One can have but Him. His Voice pierces my heart with peace and relief. I witnessed Pure Love.
As I have grown in the Lord, I have learned to check out His words that I hear by His Word. There is one other way. The Words should exalt the Name and Person of Jesus Christ in your life. I mean the words you hear have to make Him bigger to you or in the situation. His words may tell you not to fear and trust for He is God… Or maybe the words that you hear are telling you instructions to develop a fruit of the Spirit in your soul. Bottom line is that you can point them to the Bible. The Words should always help you grow bigger in the Spirit not in the flesh…The Words of God do not acknowledge the flesh, for we are dead in Him. The old creation is gone in His eyes and should be in ours. I am so grateful for the Lord is big because I am so little…. The words you hear should back that statement up.
This walk is to develop our need and dependence on Him as it is written-Jesus said… without Me you can do nothing, (John 14). Pete and the guys had that proven to them when they went fishing in John 21. They caught nothing. Then Jesus appeared told them some instructions. He was with them and….their net became overflowing with fish…. With Jesus they did something! When they caught all the fish it was symbolic of all the men and women they would catch for the Kingdom and to the glory of God.
When we are told to seek His Face, this is not some mysterious religious term. This simply means to seek Him, as God, His person… Look for Him in your life. Just like we are looking for a husband or a wife or a best friend. Look for Him in the daily happenings of your day the same way. Look for Him to answer Your prayers. There is nothing that He will not do according to His word by faith. Learn to walk with Him and talk with Him daily as your Greatest Delight. He is walking and talking with you now, learn to have ears to hear and eyes to see Him and His hand in your lives.
His ways are hidden, but only to be sought out and found by those He calls to Him…. Listen for Him. Listen to Him in the soft gentle Voice of Love to you, His Beloved. Let me ask you a question… Who hides and never wants to be found? No one. When I hid as a kid, I always wanted to be found. When I was, I giggled away…. Well, there is nothing new under the sun. God created the game… He hides from our natural eyes, but is not far from each one of us…. waiting to be found out.
We have a soul but it is not seen by anyone in the natural. When you see my countenance, my presence, it reflects my heart, my soul. When we are loved, our countenance reflects our soul, etc. So you may not see the Lord with your natural eyes, but you have spiritual eyes in the Spirit. All things are possible with God.
The Word of God, Jesus Christ, also shows or reflects the countenance of God. He is an Open Book. Do not put limits on yourself. God doesn’t. He will manifest Himself to any that believe that He will and love Him…. with a pure heart. That is His condition…. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.(Matthew 5:8). He will give you that too, if you ask!
We have to tune our ears to His melody. We have to have a heart that is set on seeking Him at all costs. There will be a cost, but He is worth it. We have to have ( spiritual) eyes to His Presence all around us. As well as have (spiritual ears) to hear His Spirit with in us leading and guiding us in to the perfect will of God…..
Did you figure out the secret place of the Most High? Well, guess, go ahead and guess….. It is the place that we can abide in forever…. ( Hear the sound of the drum roll….) Our Lord, Jesus Christ.
When the 91st Psalm was written, Jesus Christ was still a secret mystery. He is here in our midst in His Resurrected Life in the Spirit as written in Revelation 2:1. Jesus prayed this prayer- do you think His prayers aren’t answered. I don’t think so… John 17:20-21, I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us; that the world may believe that You sent Me. John 14:5, I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.…
The Secret Place of the Most High is our Lord, Jesus Christ. When we abide in Him, it is a secret…. from the natural eye of men, but not to our Heavenly Father and to Jesus Christ…
I am very grateful, I live in Christ and He in me by the Spirit of God for all Eternity! The promise in Psalm 91: He who dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty… a great place to be, you agree too!
So I say Rejoice!!! I Praise my Lord with my whole being…. For who is like My God, Jehovah…. There is no one like My God and yours. He is Magnificent!!!!
How do you develop your ears to hear His Sweet Gentle Voice? This is the way of apprehending the One we love… We prepare for the highest of heights, where the air is clear and bright. He is willing to teach us to walk on our high hills. The Lord is my strength; He will make my feet like deer’s feet, And will make me walk on my high hills as written in Habakkuk 3:4. Let us follow Him… See ya next time for His Love Never Fails.
