9月1日
标 题：若寻求祂
经 节：你们若顺从耶和华，耶和华必与你们同在；你们若寻求祂，就必寻见；你们若离弃祂，祂必离弃你们。（历代志下十五章2节下）
神是否与我们同在，主要决定于我们对神的回应。如果我们全心全意寻求神，我们必寻见祂（耶利米书廿九：13～14）。主要与我们相交，然而，祂不会强逼我们与祂创建关系。我们不可能一面拒绝与祂相交，一面又期待祂就在附近。祂并不只是整日跟着我们，准备作我们随时的帮助。如果一直远离祂，有一天我们会发现自己极度需要祂，而祂却不在身边（以赛亚书五十九：1～2）。
把那至高无上的真神当作仆人，颐指气使地指示祂，对神是公然的侮辱。神照着祂的主权和要求与我们相交，不是照着我们的要求。神渴望与我们亲密同行。如果渴望亲近祂，祂的同在会真实地临及每个渴慕祂的人。如果为罪悔改，并且照着神的定规寻求祂，就能与祂创建亲密的关系（雅各书四：8～10）。我们要不断地寻求祂，在每个新的早晨，若无神同行的确据就不满足。
你是否嘴上说要经历神的同在，但是行为又表现出另一码事？如果嘴上说要更认识神，却疏于读经，你是否真实地寻求祂？你是否时常疏懒于祷告？如果你的行动显露出你是真诚地寻求神，祂应许你会查找祂的（马太福音七：7）。
If You
Seek Him
The
LORD is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by
you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. (2 Chronicles 15:2)
Our
response to God greatly determines His presence in our lives. If we seek God
with all of our hearts, then we will find Him (Jer. 29:13–14). The Lord wants
to have fellowship with us, but He will not force a relationship upon us. We
cannot reject fellowship with God and expect Him to remain near. He does not
merely follow us throughout our day in case we need His assistance. If we
continue to forsake Him, a time will come when we desperately need Him and He
will not be near (Isa. 59:1–2).
It
is an affront to sovereign God to treat Him like a servant who should wait upon
us. God will relate to us on His terms, not ours. God desires a close walk with
us. He will make His presence real and personal if that is our desire. If we
repent of our sin and seek God on His terms, we can look forward to intimate
fellowship with Him (James 4:8–10). We are to continually seek Him, not content
to enter a new day without the assurance that God is walking beside us.
Do
you say you want to experience God’s presence while your actions reveal
otherwise? If you say you want to know God better but neglect studying His
word, are you truly seeking Him? Have you regularly forsaken the place of
prayer? If your actions reveal that you are genuinely seeking God, then He
promises that you will find Him (Matt. 7:7).
