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ARE YOU LOOKING?

Many have sought satisfaction in pleasure, fun, money, education, their jobs, and immoral relationships with others. So did wise King Solomon of ancient Israel. He tried it all, saw it all and did it all. He concluded, “All is vanity and striving after the wind” (Ecc 1:14). He came up empty. He discovered that life is futile and not worth living without God’s guidance (Ecc 12:13).

Instead of looking inside our limited, fallible self for direction, we ought to look to the God who made us. Divine guidance for us is only in His inspired Word. “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psa 119:105).Without the light of divine revelation to help our search, we’re groping in the dark like a blind man looking for a black cat in a dark room.

So, where are you in your spiritual quest? Don’t you feel the need for a closer relationship with God?

Most people are searching for answers about life’s purpose and meaning. We’ve found the answer in the gospel of Jesus Christ!

Discover Life’s Prize

Jesus tells a parable about the quest for the supreme good in life. "The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it” (Matt 13:45-46). In about 1985, a gem dealer strolled the aisles of the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show. He saw a potato-sized,

dull violet-blue stone. He pounced on it for $10. It turned out to be a 1,900 carat sapphire, almost twice as big as any in existence. It appraised for $2.4 million! You think, “Why I can’t I be so fortunate?”

Yet, you are -- if you’re searching for life’s most prized lesson! The Son of God assures us that a right relationship with God under heaven’s reign is the most valuable thing in the world. The only real treasure in this life is eternal truth outlasting this passing life. Jesus promises us: “Everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name's sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life” (Matt 19:29).

Jesus challenges us, "For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's will save it....For what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Mk 8:35-37). Where you will be in eternity depends on the choices you make in this life. Our choices are the hinges of destiny.

God is not found accidentally. “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near" (Isa 55:6). Jesus promises that true seekers will discover God’s good purpose for their lives: "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 he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened….If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!” (Matt 7:7-8,11). What you find in your spiritual quest is in direct proportion to your desire to find the truth of God.

Please come and visit us at our assemblies for worship and Bible study. We offer a free home Bible study to help you search and find God’s will for your life.

By W. Frank Walton