Daily Devotions

For the month of March, our series of Daily Devotions will take up the theme Christian Basics; the essential building blocks of faith. We start with the question, “who is searching for whom?”

There are many instances throughout the Bible that illustrate the activity of searching; humankind searching for God and God seeking humankind. Here are just four biblical word pictures for us to consider.

“Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking, I will hear.” Isaiah 65:24

“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them.Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?” Luke 15:4

“I am the good shepherd.”John 10:11

“You did not choose me, but I chose you to go and bear fruit.” John 15:16

Many people feel hopeless in their search for God; almost as if they are blind, in a darkened room looking for a black cat that isn’t there. So often our long search for God can be a very confusing business. The truth is the Christian faith is not about us groping blindly for God, but about God seeking for us, because he loves us and wants us to know and love him.

Malcolm Muggeridge said: “I've never wanted a God or feared a God or felt under any necessity to invent one. Fortunately, I've been driven to the conclusion that God wants me.”

 

We pray the words of Thomas Kelly

When we cannot see our way,
Let us trust and still obey;
He who bids us forward go,
Cannot fail the way to show.

Night with him is never night,
Where he is, there all is light;
When he calls us, why delay?
They are happy who obey.

Be it ours, then, while we’re here,
Him to follow without fear,
Where he calls us, there to go,
What he bids us, that to do.

Thank you Lord,  with all my heart for wanting me and looking until you found me. Amen