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They Who Seek The Lord Will Praise Him


From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you will I fulfill my vows. The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise him— may your hearts live forever! (Psalm 22:25-26) 

            Among the many things that can be said to be great about worshipping the Lord is that He is both simple and complex. He is simple in that He is the same through and through. He is God.  He is complex in that from our perspective, that sameness includes many different things: He is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, infinite, eternal, unchanging, love, joyful, peace, patient, kind, good, faithful, gentle, self-controlled, compassionate, humble, immanent, transcendent, jealous... the list could probably fill pages. When God is your theme, you have a vast treasury of things to praise about.
            Today, let's look at the idea that our God can be found. I know there are people who claim they can't find God. I hope they keep looking because He's promised that He can and will be found by those who truly, earnestly, doggedly seek Him. There is some aspect of God, some part that is and is not the whole for which each person can give praise. Because He is our Creator and we are created in His image, there is something in us that recognizes something in Him as valuable and praiseworthy. That thing (or those things) will lead us to other things, and those to still more.
            Since there are only about 3 weeks until Christmas, and then only a week until the new year, I'm thinking perhaps the attributes of God might be a good place to begin next year. That way we can keep praising .

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