Seek The Lord Early

"O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You…" (Psalm 63:1)

Early - near the beginning of, first, beforehand, initially, ahead of time.

David sought the Lord early in the morning; he wanted to connect with the Lord before the day began. Not only did David seek the Lord early in the morning, but he sought the Lord early in his situation and circumstances. Before things get chaotic and out of control, David put the situation in the hands of the Lord.

After the woman with the issue of blood ran out of all her options she decided to seek Jesus for her healing. If she had sought him early when her issue began probably she would have been spared so many years of agony. Luke 8:43-48

 “Seek the LORD and His strength, seek His face continually.”(1 Chron 16:11)

“But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul.”(Deut 4:29)

Beloved, let us not let the Lord our last resort, but seek Him early and put Him first in every area of our lives.

Come

"Come now; let us reason together," Says the LORD.” (Isaiah 1:18)

 Come -to move toward something,or someone, approach

There is an open invitation to approach God; He says “COME NOW”. In good times and troubled times let us move towards God, instead of running away from Him. If God had meant to destroy us, He would not have said, ‘Come, now, and let us reason together.’

We can always come to God and reason out every anxiety and fear. We can find peace and rest in His presence. Jesus says, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”(Matt 11:28)

Beloved, let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. (Heb 4:16)

Come Forth

" He cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth."(John 11:43)

 Come Forth- onward or outward in place or space, forward, out.

 Jesus commanded Lazarus to Come Forth out of his grave into life. Not only was Lazarus trapped in a cave but his cave had become his grave; he was tied up, locked in a cave with a stone securely rolled in the front, and everyone had given up on Lazarus.  Are the walls caving in on you? Do you feel stagnant? Are you tempted to give up? Well, have no fear because even in that hopeless place God has not left us or forsaken us;  He is calling us out of the cave of hopelessness, and stagnation into the abundant life Jesus has provided; Lazarus experienced the resurrection and life when he came forward.

 I pray that we move forward, onward, out of every dead circumstance into abundant life; and come forth into life, health, joy, peace, wealth, riches, love, and His marvelous light.

Come Up

“After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, a voice as of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which must come to pass hereafter.”(Rev 4: 1)

Even though John was in the Spirit, we would think that he was in a good place yet the Lord wanted Him to "Come Up Hither." Come up to a higher place of worship, commitment, clarity, perspective, and revelation of Jesus Christ  

Beloved, there is always a higher place for us to attain; God wants us to move to a higher place. Do not settle for good but keep striving for excellence. God has given us an invitation to “Come Up” to where He is through Jesus Christ, who “Came Down “to us. Let us come into deeper intimacy with him the higher we get, the more intimate we can become.

Come Unto

“Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. “(Matt 11:28-30)

Jesus knew that His people needed rest,so He gave us an invitation to rest in Him. Notice in the Invitation Jesus is calling us to Himself; not come unto the church, not come unto religion, not come unto anything or anyone else.

Jesus is not talking about physical rest, but He is talking about spiritual rest; the Rest of Salvation that only those who receive Him as their Savior can experience.

This rest calms the storms of life, quiets from mental torments and provides peace in troubled times

Beloved we cannot find true rest in anything or anyone other than Jesus, so let us” Cast our burdens on the LORD, and he will sustain us. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.”(Ps 55:22) "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”(Galatians 6:9)