Seeking

Big money is spent on the pursuit of knowledge, higher learning at all stages of life.  I'm amazed watching Ella and Caleb with their parents' smart phones and tablets.  They probably already know more than I do all that those technology tools will do!

 

God loves seekers -- especially seekers of Him.  Man is always discovering new and exciting things about the natural world.  Just this week, we heard bones were discovered in a South African cave suggesting a new human species.  Those who adhere to a Biblical worldview should not be surprised at such findings.  Solomon wrote, "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end." (Ecclesiastes 3:11).  In Genesis 1, we read God looked at His creation and said it was good, even very good -- evidence that Elohim (Hebrew name for God) was both Creator and Judge. Man is quite reluctant to admit his observations and findings how we see only the middle of God's works -- not from the beginning nor to their ending.  Only in and by divine Providence of Elohim do we see "the artist's finished strokes ... then all appears very good" (Matthew Henry).  What is the response to seeking for those of simple minds (like mine)?  I propose the focus of our seeking be not the created but the Creator Himself.  "Thus says the LORD Who made the earth, the LORD Who formed it to establish it - the LORD is His Name: Call to Me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known." (Jeremiah 33:2-3).  I can't imagine how incredibly smart all my Grands will be with emerging technologies and knowledge; I'm sure they will be challenged to teach "old dogs new tricks."  Let's never stop being seekers, but in our seeking – take care to seek the right One!