Chasing God
The second message I gave while my pastor and his family were away is entitled “Chasing God.” Here’s the overview:
Every day we are presented with opportunities. Geographic, financial, emotional, relational, etc. Every day. Countless options and opportunities. Those choices, however, only have value when they are viewed in the context of something greater -- God. That is, opportunities are only worth pursuing when they are occasioned within our pursuit of God. We were designed by God to pursue Him. He is worth pursuing. And He has determined Himself to be caught as we chase. We are to seek first our Lord; the remaining matters will be provided in their proper time, place and context. Our instructions in both Matthew and James provide that we are to not to place any other (fill in the blank as appropriate to you) between God and ourselves. It hard to digest, but it’s not about us. It’s about God’s glory not our plans. What we need, and God knows what we need, is provided to us as we chase God. He is the end, not that opportunity or person or place or financial freedom or job relocation or child or ... You get the point. We were created to pursue Him. Why? Because He knows who He is! He knows that there is nothing better, more pure, more perfect, more generous or gracious or merciful after which to chase. What else could He have given us to pursue? What other would have been more appropriate or in our better interests? Nothing; only Him. Chase Him -- He is determined to be caught. My challenge to you in to make sure that what you are chasing is worth catching. I’ll submit that there is only One who is best to chase.
Again, don’t take my word for it, check the scriptures. Mark 8:36-37; Matthew 6:19-34; James 4:13-15; Romans 11:36; Colossians 1:16; Isaiah 43:6-7; I Corinthians 10:31; Matthew 22:37; Isaiah 46:9-10; and Deuteronomy 4:29.
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