Seek the Lord Who Now Is Present

Seek the Lord who now is pre­sent

Pray to One who is at hand.

Let the wick­ed cease from sin­ning

Evildoers change their mind.

On the sin­ful God has pi­ty;

Those re­turn­ing God for­gives.

This is what the Lord is say­ing

To a world that dis­be­lieves.

“Judge Me not by hu­man stand­ards!

As the vault of heav­en soars

High ab­ove the earth

so high­er

Are my thoughts and ways than yours.

See how rain and snow from heav­en

Make earth blos­som and bear fruit

Giving you

be­fore re­turn­ing

Seed for sow­ing

bread to eat:

So My Word re­turns not fruit­less;

Does not from its la­bors cease

Till it has achieved My pur­pose

In a world of joy and peace.

God is love! How close the pro­phet

To that vi­tal gos­pel word!

In Isai­ah’s in­spir­ation

It is Je­sus we have heard!