Seeking

Seek and you will find

Lisa and I do geocaching. No that's not some European spa treatment. It's like a treasure hunt using a GPS unit to locate a "cache" which is a waterproof container holding a log book, some trinkets to trade, and sometimes geo-coins (they're way cool). It's a fun hobby and gets us out in the countryside searching for the glory of finding.

The problem is--sometimes (like today) you come up empty. The first cache we tried to locate was off through some heavy brush alongside a lake--a half mile away. No thanks! The second we just could not find! The GPS is only so accurate, and I guess it couldn't get a lock on the satellites needed for a find. Frustrating. 0 for 2 this day.

I have days like that even when I'm not geocaching, though. I seek God's will and can't get a lock on it. I seek the righteous path but it seems too hard to follow. I seek understanding and the knowledge of God and my sensors are all obstructed with the clutter of my life and the distractions the world brings into it. Some days I feel 0 for 2, or worse.

But I take heart and comfort that God walks through the wilderness with me, and even if I can't feel his presence he guides me--constantly pointing me in the right direction through the means of grace. He finds me really--for all my seeking it comes down to just that. It's God who finds me. The seeker is the one sought.

I'm the treasure! And so are you.