Our Bible verse for today is Jeremiah 29:12-14a.
“You will call upon 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,”declares the LORD,
Stupid is as stupid does. Well if that old Forrest Gump stament is true, then I was stupid.
My family was enjoying a day of water skiing. I was just in the boat for watching and was wearing jeans. About 20 feet away, attempting to get his skis on, one of my kids was having a little difficulty. Of course I was thinking, “Father knows best.” I could jump in, swim over to them and help them. What I later thought was “Stupid is as stupid does.”
I jumped into the deep lake water. Not dressed for swimming, my soon to be water soaked jeans dragged me deeper and deeper toward the bottom of the deep water. I hadn’t bothered to take a good breath, so soon I felt like I was drowning. “Air,” I thought, “I need to breath.” I started kicking to get to the top. It seemed hopeless. Getting air and breathing was all that was on my mind. Eventually I did make it to the top and took a big breath. The big breath I took was sweet relief. Just a few seconds earlier I wanted nothing more than to breath.
As I remember this old story, I get a new understanding of God’s statement to Jeremiah, “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” God is not found by the casual seeker. He is found by those who search for him with all them their hearts. We must want God even a drowning man wants air to breath.
How are intensively are you seeking God today?
Lonnie Davis