Seek God’s face

“Seek God’s face, not His hand,” is something that has been taught in Christian circles recently.  Wanting to know God for who He is, not only for what He can do is admirable.  However, God’s hand is just as important as His face.  God wants to move us by His mighty hand.  Isaiah 59:1 declares, “Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save…”  God asked Moses in Numbers 11:23, “Has the Lord’s arm been shortened?”  In Isaiah 50:2 the Lord asked, “Is my hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem?  Or have I no power to deliver…”  As important as seeking God’s face is, to be intimate with Him, you cannot separate Him from His arm and hand.  If not careful, we can fall into false humility, which is a form of pride.  When Moses faced the Red Sea in front and the Egyptians behind, He was between a rock and a hard place.  He began to cry to the Lord and the Lord said, “Stop crying and stretch forth your rod.”  Supernaturally the Lord’s hand split the Red Sea.  In Isaiah 50:2, God said, “…with My rebuke I dry up the sea…”  God wants to move supernaturally by His Spirit in our lives. Isaiah 53:1 declares, “Who has believed And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”  The word “revealed” means to uncover or expose.  God is rolling up His sleeve, exposing His arm and hand to move powerfully on our behalf. He reveals His hand to those who believe His report.  John 11:40 states, “…If you would believe you would see the glory of God.”  We need to believe God to stretch forth His hand, which is not short, to do miracles in our lives.  In Acts 4:29-30, the church prayed, “Lord…grant to Your servants that with all boldness we may speak Your Word, by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.”  Isaiah 45:11 says, “…Ask Me of things to come…concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.”  God wants us to COMMAND Him to use His hands. We are the work of His hands and when the world sees the job God, the potter, has done on us, the clay, they will turn toward Him.  Isaiah 29:23-24 declares, “But when He sees His children, the work of My hands, in His midst, they will hallow My name, And hallow the Holy One of Jacob, and fear the God of Israel.  These also who erred in spirit will come to understanding, and those who complained will learn doctrine.”  All this will be accomplished by the work of His hands.