Greetings again my friends. Okay let us continue looking at the Prophet of God as a servant. You know we can be many things in God, but at the end of the day if we are not a servant than we are nothing in God. No matter the heights or depths we obtain in God being a servant is the highest and lowest God wants us to be. The main verse we are using to look at the character of the Prophet of God has been 1 Chronicles 28:9. It would do us well to study this verse in detail, especially if we think we are a re prophet, to get a reality check of our character. My friend our character is God’s number one focus in our lives, not our money, nor our talents and abilities, nor how long we read the Bible, or even prayer. No! God is looking at our character to see if we do what we say, when we say we are going to do it. And even closer God is looking at how we do the things we say we are going to do. What is our heart condition in all we do especially what we do for Him. So many Christians say things without the faintest intention of really doing them. Now do not sit there with that look on your face, like I do not know what I am talking about. When we went to Guyana South America the LORD had me share, on a Sunday morning at a big AOG Church, on sin. And the people just looked at me like, really? Sin? You are from America the land that flows with milk and honey, and the word of God and you are going to preach on sin? Yep, I did and eight people came to Christ. So, here is our launching out verse, “And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.” (1 Chronicles 28:9) And this month we will look at how God’s servant MUST have a “seeking heart.” Now, I really like that, “if thou seek him (God and not someone or something else) he (that would be us) will be found of thee;” You know we can seek after the things of God and hopefully Himself too or we can seek after things of the world and the world itself. It is our choice. And well, I am sure you know we seek after things we really care about and things we want to be involved with. One of the best ways to see what is important to us is to look at our (out school) check book. The items listed in the ledger are the most important to you for the functions in your life that makes you happy, healthy, and fulfilled. And so too the absence of things in our check book speaks of things we do not think are important to our happiness, health, and fulfilment. For a time in Solomon’s (the author of 1 Chronicles 28:9) life he thought seeking God was important, but as we know in his later years he got away from seeking after God and caused total ruin in the people of Israel. In 2 Kings 23:13, we read, “And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.” (2 Kings 23:13) Now I would think it would be very hard to seek after God while you are worshipping at the high places of idols. But maybe not so hard to believe if you consider the idols we build in our lives. Maybe they are not the idols built to: “Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon.” But, today we have different idols like: sports, work, entertainment, food and travel, arts, recreation, a pursuit for knowledge, even adventure are just some of the idols that would prevent us from seeking God. So, if we go after these and more, then it is impossible to be a servant of God. WOW! That was so good let me say that again, “if we go after these and more, then it is impossible to be a servant of God.” Now I did not say that God said that. In Jeremiah 29:11-13 God tells Jeremiah, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 12Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.“ (Jeremiah 29:11-13) We often hear verse 11 quoted when bad times come our way and we need reassured that God knows what is going on, but notice in verse 12 it said “call on me and ye shall go and pray unto me” and then “I will hearken unto you.” The promise of “I will hearken unto to you” is conditional, like all promises in the Bible. If we seek Him He will seek us. And if we see Him we will be a servant of God, no matter being a prophet or not. Again, it is our choice., What are you seeking after, the things of God or the things of the world? God will let you know, but like Solomon you may not like the answer.
Next month we will continue looking at the perfect heart of the “Prophet of God” who must have a trusting heart. I hope this is you my friend. Are you a Prophet of God? To be a Prophet we must be able to hear His voice. Listen closely and you will. Written by David Stahl
