And ye shall seek me,
and find me, when ye shall
search for me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:13)
Jesus said seek and you shall find. I think to an unbeliever
this is a difficult thing, but to me, and I supposed all Christians, this is
simple. You see I wake in the morning and my Lord is in me. He is in the air
that I breathe. He is in the light that breaks the darkness with the morning
sun. He is in the wind and in the air. He is in the birds and the trees. He is
all around and in all that I see. He is the creator of heaven and earth and His
signature is visible in everything. Mostly in us, because we are made in His
image.
When God says here seek and you will find me, He adds that
you must do so with all your heart. That is why so many unbelievers don’t see
what we see, because they seek with no heart at all. When sin and the worldly
nature takes priority in your life your heart is empty, and you cannot find
God. but the moment you change that, and you seek with a true and open heart
you will see.
Even when Jesus was here many saw but many was so corrupted
by self-love and selfish desires that they did not see. Arrogance is huge stumbling
block in this world and the moment man puts God aside and himself first, he
will surely not see. If you look at the world, we live in that is all you see. God
is casually ignored, and man is placed in His place. When we switch on the TV, we
see man’s arrogance and when we open a magazine, we see man’s arrogance.
Everywhere around us the world will make sin look acceptable
and it becomes the norm. To lie and steal and sleep around is ok versus it is a
sin and you will end up in hell for it. The heroes on TV does it so why can’t
we. This is the problem. People do not seek God anymore, they seek their own
desires and needs, and they will find any reason to make it acceptable. People will
rather take the easy way out than to continue on the narrow and difficult path.
That is why there is so many divorces and so much crime in this world. Man does
not fear God at all, in fact man does not believe in God.
Jesus said that we must go into this world and share the gospel
with everyone. He said that He is sending us like sheep amongst wolves and that
we must be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. Nineteenth-century pastor
Charles Simeon provides a wonderful comment on the serpent and dove imagery:
“Now the wisdom of the one and the harmlessness of the other are very desirable
to be combined in the Christian character; because it is by such a union only
that the Christian will be enabled to cope successfully with his more powerful
enemies”
When Jesus told the Twelve to be as wise as serpents and
harmless as doves, He laid down a general principle about the technique of
kingdom work. As we take the gospel to a hostile world, we must be wise
(avoiding the snares set for us), and we must be innocent (serving the Lord
blamelessly). Jesus was not suggesting that we stoop to deception but that we
should model some of the serpent’s famous shrewdness in a positive way. Wisdom
does not equal dishonesty, and innocence does not equal gullibility.
In Matthew 10:16, Jesus taught us how to optimize our
gospel-spreading opportunities. Successful Christian living requires that we
strike the optimal balance between the dove and the serpent. We should strive
to be gentle without being pushovers, and we must be sacrificial without being
taken advantage of. We are aware of the unscrupulous tactics used by the enemy,
but we take the high road. Peter admonishes us, “Live such good lives among the
pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good
deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us” (1 Peter 2:12).
Have an awesome day dear friend of Jesus.
Cheers
