Turn From God, He Turns From You

Doesn’t that sound as though is abandoning us if/when we are not fully focused on Him. I agree and it does make it hard to come back to Him when I have the feeling that He has turned away from me. But, it only sounds like that when we take one verse and believe that is the way things are.

“³I myself will set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of his children to Molech, to make my sanctuary unclean and to profane my holy name…⁶If a person turns to mediums and necromancers, whoring after them, I will set my face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.” – Leviticus 20:3&6 (ESV)

Notice the verbiage used here in the verses above. There is the “giving” of children to another god, and there is the “turning” to others than God. These are active and deliberate actions. These are the times when God will turn away. When we are conscious in our actions that go against the LORD, He will be conscious in His actions to turn away from us.

This is not to be confused with our distracted fade from Him. This happens and God is with us, constantly working to bring us back. He knows that we are wandering and seeking and He will be with us to carry us through it and to bring us back to Him when we are ready to commit back to Him. The LORD does not turn away from us just because we are struggling. He carries us through. It is when we know He is there and we turn away from Him in an act of walking away and devoting to another for answers.

“⁷Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your God. ⁸Keep my statutes and do them; I am the Lord who sanctifies you.” – Leviticus 20:7-8 (ESV)

See in the above verses that God asks us to “keep” and “do” His Will and “be holy”. In that, He sanctifies us. We are to seek Him in our time of need and He will grant us that which is “needed” to get through the adversity. Stay with our eyes on God and He will keep His eyes on us. We will falter and struggle, But the LORD is with us always. He will carry us through and we have to remember not to turn away from Him as though He is not there. If we turn away from Him, He will turn away from us. Keep Him there and He will be there.

Where are you looking when things are not going as you planned? Are you looking to some other entity to get you through it all? What if you kept your eyes on God and sought His council to get through, as He is always there?