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Jesus Came to Seek
(Lk24:13-35)
God is living (Ps42:2).
He comes to seek those who need Him, and
He stays with those who receive Him.
Faith is receiving Him, and
The life of this faith is staying with Him and experiencing Him.
When men fall into deep despair and disappointments and cannot see ahead
Some take their own lives while others give up on themselves and live irresponsibly.
This is because after the ancestor of mankind Adam sinned,
He was banished from the Garden and greatly disappointed (Ge2:17, 3:4-5, 24).
After his son Cain's sacrifice was failed (Ge4:4-5, 8),
He killed his own brother.
Lot, on there other hand, when distressed
By the lawless acts of the men in Sodom (2Pe2:6-8) and more so
By his own choice of the city (Ge13:10-13),
Welcomed the angels who came to seek him and asked them to stay (Ge19:1-3, 29),
Consequently, he was saved from the destruction of the city.
After tending sheep for 40 lonely years
Moses was called by God (Ex3:1-4) and
Rescued the Israelites whose oppression of 430 years in Egypt was at its height (Ex3:9, 12:51).
God instructed them to build the sanctuary in the desert (Ex25:8) and
Had them camp around it some distance from it (Ex3:5; Nu2:2) to
Reminded them that God was living in their midst.
Thus even if they were taken as captives to foreign nations (Ps126),
They longed for the Temple (Da6:10) and
Their zeal for it consumed them even (Ps69:9; Jn2:17) for
They longed for the appearance of the Savior the Messiah (Ps24).
Yeshua came and said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days (Jn2:19), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would save His people from their sins (Mt1:21), for
He is the incarnate Word and the light of men was in Him (Jn1:1-5, 14) who
Came to seek those in despair under the Law and need the Savior (Mt9:13; Rm7:9. 23-24).
When He reached the peak of distress and died,
Yeshua said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Longed for the Father to seek His soul that was abandoned in Hades (Ps116:8; Lk23:46; He5:7-8);
2) Condemned the devil, the ruler of darkness, Hades (Is14:12-15; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Nailed the despair of men and became the source of eternal salvation for those who receive Him (He5:9; 1Pe1:23).
His resurrection is the news of greatest joy for those in despair (Lk24:20-23) because
This life will not end but that there is another life that is eternal.
The Holy Spirit came in the name Yeshua
To those who pleads Him to stay in his soul (Lk24:29-31; Jn1:12; Rev3:20) and
Lets them proclaim the good news that He is living.
While he who is furthest from Yeshua is he who does not know despair,
The blessed is the poor who welcomes Him who came to seek (Mt5:3).
For the Christian knows that the Lord came to seek him when he was in his greatest despair,
The eyes of his soul open to recognize Him and his heart burns (Lk24:32).
Therefore, he runs out to testify that Yeshua is living for
He longs to be received in the Father's house in the last day (Jn14:3).
O Lord,
In this lonely path
You walk with me and give me true joy and light¦
Now that I look back
It was In the most difficult time in my life, in my deepest despair that You came to seek me!
From now on
I will go out to seek those who are in despair and
Deliver this news of great joy ” that You are living! Amen.