12/16/2024
We are all seeking something.
It may be popularity, wealth, or love. It may be happiness, satisfaction, or the perfect job, a car, a spouse, or children.
But we will never find what we are looking for looking in the wrong place. We will never find the right thing in the wrong place. We will always find the wrong thing in the wrong places. The void we want filled, the hole in our heart we want patched, the loneliness we want to vanish, the loss we want erased – nothing on this earth will help any of this. The King of Kings is the only one who can give us what we want and need.
The Israelites were worshipping idols and looking in all the wrong places fourteen generations before Jesus’ birth. The chief priests and scribes didn’t care when He was born. They were looking inward fulfilling themselves with their own puffed-up opinions of themselves. The wise men were seeking, and they found Him and bowed down to worship Him. Can you imagine what that moment was like at the end of that long journey? They were diligent and truly wanted to find the King of Kings.
Are you seeking the King today? As diligently as the wise men? How desperate are you to find Him and to have what only He offers? Are you willing to unclench your fists and give Him the broken pieces so He can give you in return what will bind your wounds and heal your heart? Are you ready to release your vision of what you want to accept what He gives? Are you willing to pay the cost of following Him? Stop turning to all the wrong places and stop half-heartedly seeking. Seek Him today with your whole heart and you will find what you need.
For I know the plans I have for you — this is the Lord’s declaration — plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. You will call to me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart. I will be found by you — this is the Lord’s declaration… Jeremiah 29:10-14 CSB