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“Call Upon Him”
Categories: Text Today6 Seek the LORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the LORD, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. 8 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," declares the LORD. 9 "For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.
(Isaiah 55:6-9)
There is still the possibility of reconciliation and forgiveness. God is greater than man; as such, his thoughts cannot be likened to man’s thoughts. Man’s thoughts are evil for evil, but God can be gracious even when he has been hurt, dishonored, and disobeyed. Now is the day for the people to come to God in faith. The prophet calls on the people to respond by signing the contract and seeking him in the present moment.
