Keep On Seeking

Today I am going to give you a scenario.  A woman wants to lose twenty pounds.  She cuts out caffeine, sweets and fried foods and starts an exercise program helping her to work out a three days a week.  After two months she loses the twenty pounds and feels great.  Now that she hit her goal she decides it is time to quit working so hard at the gym.  And she decides to reward herself with a greasy cheeseburger, fries, large soda and milkshake.  Now she eats unhealthy food again and only works out occasionally.  She hit her goal so why deny herself the things she loves?  What do you think will happen?  She will gain some or all of her weight back.

Now think of this.  You desire to become closer to God.  You start spending time with Him each and every day.  You read the Word.  You sing praises.  Oh, how close you feel to God now!  You have reached the place you wanted to be.  That intimate place and you have a beautiful relationship with Jesus.  So why push so hard now?  You have what you desired.  You can cut your daily quiet times back from an hour to twenty minutes.  You can spend less time worshiping Him.  You have what you need.  Right?  Wrong. 

As I write this, Dory's (from Finding Nemo) song keeps running through my head.  "Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming."  We need to just keep seeking Him.  When you reach the place you want to be, reach farther.  When you feel like you can't dig into the Word anymore, you read it, you know it, dig deeper. 

When you think you have 'arrived' just know that you really haven't.  I challenge you, take your relationship a step farther.  If you read two chapters in the Bible each day, read four.  If you sing worship songs for ten minutes, sing for twenty.  If you journal a paragraph, journal a page.  Do not ever feel as if you have made to the place you wanted to be so now you are done.  We are never done.

Keep on seeking the Father. 

Sweet Blessings~


Linking with:
Titus Tuesday
On Your Heart Tuesday
Soli Dea Gloria