verb (used with object) to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost
I used to find myself daily searching for something to fill my emotional longings, yet I often didn’t know what I was searching for. I was on a quest to find answers for my questioning mind, and it seemed like a valiant effort to achieve freedom from my discontentment. I found that walking down an obscure path with no map proved more challenging than I had anticipated. I looked high and low for answers until I finally recognized what was right in front of my face.
“You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13
I now see that my search’s objective is a deeper relationship with my Father in Heaven, and my directions are His Written Words (the Bible). HE is my end goal and my reward. Everything I could possibly need or want I find in Him. I don’t have to crawl through small spaces and look under rocks to try and find the answers because the answers are right in front of me. I don’t need to participate in worldly efforts to “find myself.” I no longer need to rely on celebrities to tell me what new programs or practices I should embrace.
Why do I make the journey of life harder for myself? Ultimately I will find FULLNESS of Joy in the presence of my God (Psalm 16:11), and my shelter will be with Him (Psalm 91:1). Today I choose to seek Him because He tells me this is not in vain.
Contemplate this: What are you searching for, and when will it be enough?