What Are You Looking For?

"Seek and ye shall find." "Knock and the door shall be opened unto you." Many of us are familiar with these scriptures in reference to searching for good things. But, how many of us ever stop and think about the fact that the door can swing open in both directions?

God's principles work, regardless of whether we use them for right or for wrong. If we seek good things, we find good things. Likewise, if we seek bad things, we will certainly find them. It is not wise to go knocking on every door, for indeed there are somethings best left behind the door--and securely locked away.

Despite our best intentions, our searches can sometimes have subjective endings, or endings that we set in motion based on where we set our sights. An extreme optimist, for example, can find the good in absolutely any situation. "Well, he's hard-working, faithful, and intelligent..." an extreme optimist might say--in describing Satan. "Hmmph! He comes around when He wants to, makes you wait a long time for what you want, and watches your every move!" an extreme pessimist might say about God.

We must be more mindful of what we search for and more honest about how open we are (or are not) to allowing God's Holy Spirit to truly lead us and guide us into all truth and help us to ask/pray for things that we don't even know to pray for. It all boils down to trust. Do we really trust that God will give us beyond what we seek and what we actually need?

Speaking of trust, some of us don't even need to be looking for anything or anyone at all. The question truly is, "What are we looking for," as in-- why are we even looking in the first place? What ever happened to "seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you"? Some of us give the Kingdom of God a passing glance while we send out a search party, SWAT team, FBI, CIA, Green Berets and the A-Team (old and new) to hunt down something (or someone) we think we really want. What does that say about who and what are really important to us?

When will we realize that only when we truly begin to hunger and thirst after righteousness will we finally get what we're truly yearning for --without even really having to look?

Today is a good day for us to stop looking, and start leaning on God's loving and everlasting arms. God will gently, yet firmly guide us in the right direction when we've been looking in the wrong direction, carry us onward when we can't carry on, and reward those who diligently seek Him.

BNcouraged!

Rev. Karen