Your Need To Ditch An Easy Spirituality and Cry Out For Jesus Christ

I am not sure what to think at times concerning some responses I receive from believers who have certain "questions" on doctrine, theology, ect. I believe that the Lord has remained constant throughout a rapidly changing world. Within a society that is driven by TV, instant information, and blazing internet, it may seem that God communicates to us in these ways as well. I do not think this is true. I believe He can; but I believe His purposes are far greater than merely giving information within 30-second sound-bites. Believers in Christ, I would like to remind you today of your need to continually pursue Christ every day. I am reminded of Jeremiah in his letter to the exiles,

When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will heart you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

The response to a section like this so many times is what God wants to do for me. Let me encourage you today, this passage is not about your ultimate desire for a better life or a quick spirituality; this passage is about that time when Jesus Christ will have everything placed under His feet, even death. Only when the light is fully revealed will the elect be freed from the presence of sin.

Notice, "when the seventy years are completed." What about those who will never get out of Exile? The truth is some never come out of exile. Unbelievers will never enter that sacred rest promised by the Father. But for those whom God wills to save, there will come a day, and that day will come, when God will cause His people to "seek Him will all of their heart."

Long for this day. Striving for holiness is not an easy task. Do not think your spirituality comes like an order from Amazon. Your ultimate salvation will only come at the end of the age. God is not accomplishing salvation for the hope of gratification in your comfort, He is bringing salvation to the Glory of His name. At times that means you will seek day and night for His presence and it not come. It means that you will suffer while on this earth. It means that you will hunger and thirst. It means you will cry out to the Lord and He will seem far away. But believers, for those who run the race of endurance, Jesus Christ is your glorious Savior who will bear you up, and will be with you in these times. Jesus Christ stands ready to save not only those who have not yet called upon His name, but those who will receive salvation on that Great and Glorious Day. The day that the Spirit longs for. The day when our Great High Priest will have all things subjected under His feet.

For those who will come out of this Exile, then and only then does God promise the great blessings of His salvation. Do not look for God to answer you in the desert in ways you expect Him to. He may have you suffer, He may have you be persecuted, He may have you wait. However, know that He will bring you up out of the desert when He sees fit to do so. Remember the Lord does not offer salvation like an auction on Ebay. Becoming like Christ is something that will take your entire life. Do not think you can pay $10 a week and receive spiritual wisdom from above. You must labor and strive day by day, hour by hour to obtain your salvation. You must be in constant battle against sin, you must cling to Christ with all of your heart. Then, and only then, will you have a true spirituality.