Chasing God

Friends,

During one of the many eras that God's people had gone astray, the prophet Hosea brought forth the word of the LORD. God describes how His people will look for the what their false gods had offered them, and what the result of their search will be ...

Hosea 2:7
She will chase her lovers,
But not overtake them;
Yes, she will seek them, but not find them.
Then she will say,

'I will go and return to my first husband,
For then it was better for me than now.' -- [NKJV]

The people of God had mistakenly attributed their abundance to the idols of their own making. In our day, we do the same thing. We believe that our provision is the result of our own hard work, our own ingenuity, and our own diligence. Because we believe that our efforts are the source of our abundance, we work harder and harder and harder to attain and maintain what we have. We chase after worldly success, but we will not find it. So we chase harder. And and we have to show for it is exhaustion.

Sisters and brothers, it is the LORD, and Him alone, that is the source and reason for every blessing we have. It is not enough to simply give Him credit ... though surely He deserve every ounce and breath of praise and gratitude. He calls us to pursue Him, to chase after Him. He calls us to desire Him.

By seeking the LORD and His Kingdom and His righteousness, we will gain the most wondrous and everlasting blessings.

Be encouraged, Jose