Good Morning. In order for us to have the righteousness of God rain down upon us we must seek the Lord while He may be found and call upon Him while He is near. This is what the Lord requires of His people. In Hos. 10:12 the Lord said, “Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.” Matthew Henry in His commentary on this text said, “They are invited and encouraged to return to God by prayer, repentance, and reformation. Let them cleanse their hearts from all corrupt affections and lusts, which are as weeds and thorns, and let them be humbled for their sins, and be of a broken and contrite spirit in the sense of them; let them be full of sorrow and shame at the remembrance of them, and prepare to receive the divine precepts, as the ground that is ploughed is to receive the seed, that it may take root. let them return to the practice of good works, according to the law of God, which is the rule of righteousness; let them abound in works of piety towards God, and of justice and charity towards one another, and herein let them sow to the Spirit, as the apostle speaks, Gal. 6:7, 8. Let them seek the Lord; let them look up to him for his grace, and beg of him to bless the seed sown. The husbandman must plough and sow with an eye to God, asking of him rain in the season thereof. If we do our part, God will do his. If we sow to ourselves in righteousness-if we be careful and diligent to do our duty, in a dependence upon his grace-he will shower down his grace upon us, will rain righteousness, the very thing that those need most who are to sow in righteousness; for by the grace of God we are what we are.” I pray that we will continue to seek the Lord with all our heart so that His righteousness can call upon us. I will see the Lord - https://youtube/watch?v=YkpLoK5CYp8 Have a blessed and Holy Spirit-filled day.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 09:37:47 +0000
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