There are advantages in seeking the Lord. We are living in a time that I believe God is calling His church to seek Him and to have a strong prayer life. Maybe it is because I have been reading books about prayer, but it seems that God does things when we pray and I believe it His desire that we spend time in prayer. Remember prayer is just communicating to God. Prayer intimidates so many people, but it is just talking to God. In the following verse we have some promises, if we will just seek the Lord.
2 Chron.7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Humble = Have an attitude of a proper low status in a relationship to an authority. Not being proud or pretentious. In other words we need to recognize that God is in control, not us. His glory not ours.
Pray = Make a request to God, often with a focus that the request asks or pleads for an intervention in a situation.
Seek = Search, look for, try to learn information about an object, implying a diligence in the procurement of the information.
Are you desperate for God? It is not enough to just pray. You must “SEEK”.
The Amplified Bible says it like this: pray, seek, crave, and require of necessity my face”
God will pass over a million people to get to 1 person who is desperately seeking Him.
2Chron.16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.
Wicked Ways = The word implies that this evil or wicked hinders or severs a relationship to a person or principle which is proper.
In other words, the way we act and our relationship with God does affect our prayer life. Answered prayer or prayers not answered.
God said he would do these things. (1) Hear (2) Forgive (3) Heal
He promised to restore their land. Where we live, not just in the USA. And that reaches into every part of "our land". Our homes, our jobs, our churches, and our lives.
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