We are all in search of something.
We look for love. We look for a sense of belonging. We look for purpose. We look for security. We look for what we’ve lost.
Our heart longs to find that which it lacks.
We are so desperately hungry for it, that we look in all the wrong places. We look everywhere but the one place it can be found. We want love so we turn to people and our hearts get broken. We want to belong, to be accepted, so we try to fit in and we find ourselves trying to be something we’re not and end up hurting ourselves. We want to have purpose so we try anything and everything that we think might make us happy but end up more empty than before. We’ve lost things and people along the way and are grasping for something, anything to fill that void. But nothing we do works. All we find are Band-Aid cover-ups. The wound is still there, just hidden away.
Are you looking in the right place?
All these things and so much more can only be found in one place. They can only be found in Jesus. ” But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.”- Matthew 6:33 Seek Him first! He should always be the first place we look. You need not look far. He said He will be found by us. “You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.” – Jeremiah 29:13
What is your heart searching for?
An image comes to mind of a stained glass mosaic. The glass must be broken to be made beautiful. And so it is with us. We are broken into beauty.
Today I walk long. I walk to think. I walk to sing. I walk to pray.
I walk to find inspiration. And I find it. And it speaks to me. And God
speaks to me. And I listen. My walk takes me to a park and a swing.
So I sit and I swing and I listen. I let myself be wrapped in Sunday
afternoon light. And I let the wind blow all my cares away. And I open my
eyes to see. To see what He's speaking to me.
And He shows me a squirrel on the highest branch on the tip of a twig that
could snap any moment. A squirrel that holds on for life. A squirrel afraid.
But then he gets brave and he backs up little by little until he's safe and
he's back in his nest.
And He says to me you've been that squirrel. That squirrel so afraid. And
then He says to me I brought you to that precipice you're standing on. And
I will keep bringing you back to it because that's where I want you. Because
I don't want you to be afraid. I don't want you to turn back to safety. I
want you to trust Me. To trust Me, to trust that I know what I'm doing. To
trust that as you take that flying leap of faith, I will catch you. I will
carry you. I will carry you to the place where I am. I will set you free.
I will set your feet on solid ground, on holy ground. So I listen. I let it
sink in. I stand at the precipice with my toes curled over the edge. And I
jump. I jump afraid.
From Glory To Glory 