WHAT & WHOM ARE YOU SEEKING

“Not everyone who wanders is lost.”

J.R.R. Tolkein

Some are simply seeking; searching for something.  Those who are walking in the dark may seek for a light; those who are living dull boring lives may seek something to give flavor.  Some simply seek for a filling of an inner emptiness they feel, a longing to be satisfied.

Jesus asked his disciples “What are you seeking?’  He asked those who were coming to arrest and eventually kill him, “Whom are you seeking?”  After his resurrection at the tomb he asked Mary Magdalene, “Whom are you seeking?”  His response to all of those seeking…”Come and see…”; “I am he.”  He was and is always gentle, always loving, always open and inviting.  God doesn’t resort to coercion and force; he simply responds to those seeking and makes himself found.

Jesus told his followers that they were to be light and salt.  Their lives were and are to draw and invite seekers to find what they are searching for.  God is a Mystery but he is not a secret.  He is clearly visible in all that surrounds us and he stands with open arms to embrace those who seek for him.

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;

Knock and it will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives,

And the one who seeks finds,

And to the one who knocks it will be opened.”

Matthew 7:7, 8

WHAT ARE YOU SEEKING?