Seek God
There are great blessings for those who seek God.
By Apostle Aje Pelser, preached at Harvester Reformational Church, Cape Town, 21st August 2011;

Isaiah 65:8-10
Isa 65:8  Thus says the LORD: 'As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one says, 'Do not destroy it, For a blessing is in it,' So will I do for My servants' sake, That I may not destroy them all. 
Isa 65:9  I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, And from Judah an heir of My mountains; My elect shall inherit it, And My servants shall dwell there. 
Isa 65:10  Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, And the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, For My people who have sought Me. 

There is even a reminder of South Africans in this passage!
Isa 65:3  A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on altars of brick; 
South Africans like to Braai, hold barbeques on fire places made with bricks! It can be a blessing, but also a place of forgetting God and His provision. Say A prayer around your fires South Africa and remember the Covenant of the Lord!

Always Hope - Throughout the Prophecy of Isaiah, there is always a glimmer of hope:
“That I may not destroy them all.”
God is So Gracious!
He is looking for a hint of faith and He is seeking those who will worship Him in Spriti and in Turth:
Joh 4:23  But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.

Seeking God:
Israel - Deu 4:29  But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. 
Deu 4:30  When you are in distress, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, when you turn to the LORD your God and obey His voice 
Deu 4:31  (for the LORD your God is a merciful God), He will not forsake you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.

When the Ark of the Covenant returned: David knew how to seek the Lord
1Ch 16:7  On that day David first delivered this psalm into the hand of Asaph and his brethren, to thank the LORD: 
1Ch 16:8  Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples! 
1Ch 16:9  Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; Talk of all His wondrous works! 
1Ch 16:10  Glory in His holy name; Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the LORD! 
1Ch 16:11  Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face evermore! 
1Ch 16:12  Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth, 
1Ch 16:13  O seed of Israel His servant, You children of Jacob, His chosen ones! 
1Ch 16:14  He is the LORD our God; His judgments are in all the earth. 
1Ch 16:15  Remember His covenant forever, The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations, 
1Ch 16:16  The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac, 
1Ch 16:17  And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant, 
1Ch 16:18  Saying, 'To you I will give the land of Canaan As the allotment of your inheritance,'
Highlight David's actions in this passage as an example of how to seek the Lord. A good Household Church exercise.

Blessings for those Who Seek the Lord:
Blessing is preserved. Jesus’ New Wine is better than the old. Being filled with the Holy Spirit trumps being drunk with wine.

Mercy of God is released – His mercy triumphs over our judgement. 
Jas 2:13  For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Mat 12:7  But if you had known what this means, 'I DESIRE MERCY AND NOT SACRIFICE,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
God gives you Spiritual Descendents
We are joint Heirs with Christ.
Christ is the Heir of the Mountain of the Lord – the true Church, Hebrews 12:22. The Holy Hill, Zion is the New Jerusalem, the Church of the Firstborn, and Registered in Heaven.
God calls you His elect – called out ones
Ekklesia – the Church. G1577 ekklesia
Thayer Definition:
1) a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly
1a) an assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating
1b) the assembly of the Israelites
1c) any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance, tumultuously
1d) in a Christian sense
1d1) an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting
1d2) a company of Christian, or of those who, hoping for eternal salvation through Jesus Christ, observe their own religious rites, hold their own religious meetings, and manage their own affairs, according to regulations prescribed for the body for order’s sake
1d3) those who anywhere, in a city, village, constitute such a company and are united into one body
1d4) the whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth
1d5) the assembly of faithful Christians already dead and received into heaven
Part of Speech: noun feminine; A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from a compound of G1537 and a derivative of G2564
G1537 ek  /  ex
Thayer Definition:
1) out of, from, by, away from
Part of Speech: preposition
Thayer Definition:  G2564 kaleo
1) to call
1a) to call aloud, utter in a loud voice
1b) to invite
2) to call, i.e. to name, by name
2a) to give a name to
2a1) to receive the name of, receive as a name
2a2) to give some name to one, call his name
2b) to be called, i.e. to bear a name or title (among men)
2c) to salute one by name
Part of Speech: verb; A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: akin to the base of G2753
In the Book of Revelation, it says that if we overcome, He gives us a new name:
“Rev 3:10  Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. 
Rev 3:11  Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown. 
Rev 3:12  He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name. 
Jesus is the Rose of Sharon where the blessing is a field of Flocks!
History:
here are considerable rolling hills; but, compared with the mountains to the East, it is quite properly described as a plain. The soil is a deep rich loam, which is favorable to the growth of cereals. The orange, the vine and the olive grow to great perfection. When the many-colored flowers are in bloom it is a scene of rare beauty.
Of the streams in the plain four carry the bulk of the water from the western slopes of the mountains to the sea. They are also perennial (permanent, perpetual, continuing.), being fed by fountains. ISBE
Over David's herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite (1Ch_27:29). In the day of Israel's restoration “Sharon shall be a fold of flocks” (Isa_65:10). Jerome speaks of the fine cattle fed in the pastures of Sharon, and also sings the praises of its wine (Comm. on Isa 33 and 65). Toward the Sharon no doubt there was more cultivation then than there is at the present day. The German colony to the North of Jaffa, preserving in its name, Sarona, the old Greek name of the plain, and several Jewish colonies are proving the wonderful productiveness of the soil. The ora