TSK · Isaiah 51:1

He met Asa and told him,“Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are loyal to him. If you seek him, he will respond to you, but if you reject him, he will reject you.

Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor, Jacob’s descendants, who pray to him.(Selah)

Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!

The one who pursues righteousness and love finds life, bounty, and honor.

“Listen to me, O family of Jacob, all you who are left from the family of Israel, you who have been carried from birth, you who have been supported from the time you left the womb.

Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I summoned! I am the one; I am present at the very beginning and at the very end.

Listen to me, you who know what is right, you people who are aware of my law! Don’t be afraid of the insults of men; don’t be discouraged because of their abuse!

Seek the LORD while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!

Seek the LORD’s favor, all you humble people of the land who have obeyed his commands! Strive to do what is right! Strive to be humble! Maybe you will be protected on the day of the LORD’s angry judgment.

But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,

But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.