Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 55:6

"Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:" — Isaiah 55:6 (ASV)

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

In those happy gospel times, when Christ is set forth on purpose that he may be found, seek him, call upon him. He is very near when the gospel is preached with holy unction, when Christians are praying, when hearts are breaking for the conversion of sinners, and when his Spirit is working in their hearts, that they may repent of sin.

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Seek ye the Lord while he may be found; that is, now. Call ye upon him while he is near; he is near now. Wherever Christ is lifted up, and his gospel is proclaimed, there he is according to his promise, Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found,

And that is tonight; for still the promise of finding is given to everyone who seeks.

Call upon him while he is near:

And he is near, for in all places where his name is recorded, there he has promised to be. Wherever the gospel is preached, we have Christ's word for it: Lo, I am with you alway. So, then, call upon him while he is near.

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

There may come a day when he cannot be found, a time when he will not be near. When the great Judge of all has once said, "Depart," when once the Master of the house has risen up, and shut the door, in vain will be all your seeking, and your praying, and your knocking at the door that will never open again. Therefore, Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Oh, may the Holy Spirit make every word I read to be effectual with you! God himself speaks to you tonight, out of a Book which not only was inspired, but is inspired; and he says tonight, freshly from his own lip to you who do not have rest of heart, Seek ye the LORD while he may be found. He may be found; therefore seek him. Call ye upon him while he is near. He is near; therefore call upon him.

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found,

In these happy gospel times when Christ is set forth so that he may be found.

Call you upon him while he is near:

And he is very near when the gospel is preached with holy unction, when Christians are praying, when hearts are breaking for the conversion of sinners, and when his Spirit is working in their hearts, that they may repent of sin.