As I was walking today, I was unfocused, distracted, and concerned with the affairs of the day. I asked God to come to me and to reveal himself to me. Now, I recognized that I must ask such a thing in humility and not expect God to be at my beck and call. To think such is the first and greatest sin – pride. However, God has said in many passages that if we will seek Him, He will be found. (See Proverbs 8:17.) John Piper elaborates,
Seeking the Lord means seeking his presence. “Presence” is a common translation of the Hebrew word “face.” Literally, we are to seek his “face.” But this is the Hebraic way of having access to God. To be before his face is to be in his presence.
Piper continues,
The great promise to those who seek the Lord is that he will be found. “If you seek him, he will be found by you” (1 Chronicles 28:9). And when he is found, there is great reward. “Whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him” (Hebrews 11:6).
When I called out this morning to God, He came back to me in a mathematical equation that is set out hereinbelow. This is highly unusual because math is not my best subject. Yet, the equation sets out a great truth.
[(If you will believe x{times} X) + (that I AM3)] + [that I AM3 (more powerful than youn)] + [that I AM3 holds (you x 4) (secure x Y) in the palm of MY hand];
Then you will [know ME as (I AM3)] + [(worship x Z) ME as (I AM3)] + [do what (I AM3) commands.]
In that equation exists the Alpha and Omega; Darkness v. Light, life v. death, Heaven v. Hell, existence v. annihilation, longing v. fulfillment, and joy and sorrow, n.
To explain for those as mathematically challenged as I, God gave to me in triplets an if/then equation with each side expressed in three clauses. The first clause says that I must believe that God exists. On the “if” side, if I would believe that He, the triune God, is or exists, (see Hebrews 11:6) where “believe” is subject to being multiplied by the first variable “X” representing the set all words signifying “believe” and its synonyms; plus
The second clause tells me that I must believe that He, the triune God, is more powerful than I to the “nth” power representing infinity; (See, inter alia, Psalm 8:3-4 and 147:5; Job 26:14; Isaiah 40:28 and 55:8-9; and Luke 12:7 plus
The third clause that commands me to believe that the Triune God holds me in the palm of His hand. The multiplier of four indicates that He holds my past, present, future, and afterlife. The second variable, “Y” indicates the set of all words signifying “secure” and its synonyms. See Deuteronomy 32:11; Psalm 91:11 -12; and Isaiah 1:31, 40:11, 41:13, 46:4, and 63:9.)
The “then” side of the equations states that If I will perform the “if” side, then God will bring about the following. First, I will know the triune God as He as He is. (See Philippians 3:10.)
Secondly, I will worship him. The third variable, “Z” stands for the set of all words signifying “worship” and its synonyms.
Lastly, I will do what the Triune God commands. (See John 14:15.)
God gave me an assignment, homework if you will. He said that I was to research and “flesh” this out cognitively, to believe the truth of it spiritually, and to act accordingly physically. (Note the three parts of each of us, soul, spirit, and body.)
The first two commands, I can accomplish in one post in one day’s entry to accomplish intellectually. The last, however, will acquire the rest of my life to accomplish physically.
So let it be written, so let it be done.
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