In Pursuit
“My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God." Proverbs 2:1-5
My youngest daughter has a chinchilla. It's an odd little creature that looks like a mouse, a squirrel, and a rabbit got their DNA all tangled up in a knot and out came well ... a chinchilla. It's a fun, not too stinky little animal that likes to run and literally bounce off the walls when it gets out of it's cage. It's evasiveness has given birth to a game we've affectionately named, "Chase the Chin!" Everyone, including the dog on occasion, has participated in the pursuit of this little speedster.
If we had to pick one word to summarize our verses for the day, "pursuit" would be a great choice. The call to action is clear: Accept. Store. Turn. Apply. Call. Cry. Look. Search. The author peppers us with so many imperatives that fatigue sets in just reading them. However, the reward for those who engage is staggering ... To be able to say, "I get it!" To look at God and say, "I know him!" Wow!
Too many of us have lost or possibly have never entered into the pursuit. God is on the move. His Kingdom is forcefully advancing. One doesn't join the divine and the activity of the divine while sitting on the bleachers. Finding belongs to those who are seeking. Understanding and knowledge are the inheritance of those who rise up and follow. There is no reason for any of us to miss out on the grandest adventure of them all.
Grace and Peace,
Tom
My youngest daughter has a chinchilla. It's an odd little creature that looks like a mouse, a squirrel, and a rabbit got their DNA all tangled up in a knot and out came well ... a chinchilla. It's a fun, not too stinky little animal that likes to run and literally bounce off the walls when it gets out of it's cage. It's evasiveness has given birth to a game we've affectionately named, "Chase the Chin!" Everyone, including the dog on occasion, has participated in the pursuit of this little speedster.
If we had to pick one word to summarize our verses for the day, "pursuit" would be a great choice. The call to action is clear: Accept. Store. Turn. Apply. Call. Cry. Look. Search. The author peppers us with so many imperatives that fatigue sets in just reading them. However, the reward for those who engage is staggering ... To be able to say, "I get it!" To look at God and say, "I know him!" Wow!
Too many of us have lost or possibly have never entered into the pursuit. God is on the move. His Kingdom is forcefully advancing. One doesn't join the divine and the activity of the divine while sitting on the bleachers. Finding belongs to those who are seeking. Understanding and knowledge are the inheritance of those who rise up and follow. There is no reason for any of us to miss out on the grandest adventure of them all.
Grace and Peace,
Tom
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