by: Sandy Domelle
It’s Christmas time, and I love shopping for the perfect gift for my loved ones. Whether you are looking at Christmas cards or in a craft store, you see many different sayings about the Lord. One that I tend to often see at the craft stores is, “Wise Men Still Seek Him.”
Matthew 2:1-2 says, “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.” After hearing that Christ was born, the wise men were willing to give of their time and wealth to seek the Saviour. These men were wise because they sought Christ, and people are still wise to seek Him.
The other morning I sat thinking about that saying. Yes, we need to seek Him for salvation, but there’s also so many more reasons to seek Him. We need to seek Him every day in our lives. Seeking Him is what helps to get us through the many circumstances that arise on a daily basis.
If you are unhappy with your job, seek Him! He is the One Who can change things at work or inside of you that make things at work better. Maybe seeking Him about your job will lead you to a different job. God does want to see us happy in life. He doesn’t want life so hard that we feel we can hardly make it through the day.
If your family life isn’t what it should be, seek Him! Do you know that He is truly the One Who brings love to your family. When He lives inside of us and we are concentrated on living for Him, He gives a peace that can help any family if they are living for Him.
How are your relationships with others? If you struggle in relationships around you, seek Him! He’s the One Who can help any relationship you have. He knows what needs changed in that relationship to make it better. Whether it’s your parents, grandparents, aunt, uncle, spouse or child, that relationship can be mended and made stronger than ever with His help. Seek Him to mend the relationships in life. Sometimes those relationships are with people who were close friends, people we go to church with or with whom we work. Any relationship that seems to be struggling is worth seeking Him and finding wisdom, guidance and love to change the relationship and make it stronger.
Where are you spiritually? I know many Christians struggle and wish they were stronger in certain areas of their Christian life, but they don’t want to put all the energy it takes to get there. If you seek Him in your personal life, He will give you the strength to fight to make your life more spiritual. That’s why I love preaching. Preaching shouldn’t be something you listen to and say it was a great truth, it should be something you walk away and are motivated with a truth to work on in your life. Sometimes seeking Him is the only thing that keeps your motivation going strong. Don’t give up on your Bible reading, prayer life, soul winning and church duties. Those are things that keep our relationship with the Lord strong.
Do you still seek Him? When we are continually seeking Him our life falls into place. Spiritually we are where we should be, and our relationships, finances, job etc. all seem to work at its best. This doesn’t mean you won’t have hardships. Your hardships won’t seem as hard because when we are seeking strength from God’s Word, He becomes our strength, comfort, guide and love in our lives.
None of us have spiritually arrived. We all have times when we aren’t seeking Him like we should. Let’s go into 2015 still seeking our Saviour.