Musick-al Note # 128
God inhabits eternity which surrounds (before, during and after) time and creation. Isaiah stated this when he wrote God’s revelation of Himself, “I am God, and there is no other and there is no other like me. I make known the end from the beginning and from ancient times, what is still to come” (Isaiah 46:9-10). His eternal nature has all knowledge from beginning to end as Isaiah 41:4 states. “Who has called every generation to rise from the beginning? I, the Lord am He. I was with the first and I will be with the last.” Isaiah had revealed God saying, “There is no God but me. I am the first and I am the last. Apart from me, there is no God.” In his charge to Solomon, David made a statement that everyone should remember today, “The Lord searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek Him, He will be found of you: but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever” (1 Chronicles 28:9). God knows man, even better than man knows himself and is able to supply man with all that he needs. There seems to be an attitude in the world today that one can deceive the Lord God: How foolish in the light of such passages as these.
More pertinent to man’s need is the fact that man can know God, if he searches for Him. God is no tyrant who plays “hide and seek” with men whom He has made. He loves man and has sent His son, Jesus for everyone to know Him. (John 3:16, 17:3, 20:31), He desires that man know Him and obey Him and come to live with Him in eternity (2Peter 39). He can be known and has even given instructions for man to know how to come to an unseen God. If one will give heed to the words of the revelation that He has given, an individual can know God and serve Him. Such a person will be blessed throughout his days here and inherit the joys of heaven when life in this world is gone.
However, David’s statement includes a warning. A warning against apostasy! “If you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.” A terrible tragedy, to be cast away – lost throughout eternity – because you left God. How could it happen? When one refuses to obey His Word, choosing to live in sin, forsaking worship, neglecting His work in the rush for the riches and pleasures of this world that person is separated from God. Without hope burning brightly in the heart, faith in God and His promises die and love for the Lord forgotten as love for worldly honor and praise increase. Hymns are no longer sung; no prayers breathed in the stillness of night; no thought given to the Lord or His kingdom. Even worse, you are LOST. Lost from an eternity of bliss, joy and happiness. LOST – cast away – into an eternity of anguish, misery, suffering and regret. LOST – without hope – in Hell that was prepared for the Devil and his angels for all eternity (Matthew 25:41).
Gordon Musick
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