It was an accident. It was the pilot. An engineer. Mechanical Issue. Eh.
If you're like me, you've heard a dozen theories about what has happened to those 270 people on that airliner and what happened to the plane itself. Blame here, there, virtually everywhere. 26 countries looking for the same big, but very small airplane in a vast ocean or on land. Somewhere. Anywhere.Does this look like our journey for the definition of life, especially as Americans?
We are guilty of habitually searching for the "solution" to our problems in our nation, in our lives, and in our souls. In debt? Get a second job! That'll surely make you feel more secure! Except, when you had money...you still went in debt. Eh.We live in a culture where anything is possible, and especially now, anything goes. Want a husband that doesn't do that annoying habit? Divorce that guy and marry that other guy. Except you eventually see that he has habits, too. Eh.
Oh! I know! I want to feel the true meaning of life! Give my money to the poor, that'll surely make me feel great! Go to a church that teaches that I'm awesome! That'll lift my spirits and I'll feel self-sufficient and that I can do this life! Except, eh.
Life can literally seem like we are searching for that tiny little plane, that resolution, in the midst of an Indian Ocean.
I can't speak to how to find that plane, and I'm as anxious about it as anyone. It's all that I've seen in this hotel room since I arrived and plugged in for the day. There's been at least three "new theories" based on evidence. It won't be until someone says "HERE IS WHERE THE PLANE IS!", when we'll all be relieved and, hopefully, jump for joy that those passengers are alive.Unlike the flight, there is already an answer for our own search.
I wish people could see the love that God has for them and their lives. The chase of anything is meaningless without the saving work of Jesus and the understanding of his creation. He created everything, in his beautiful mind and for his ultimate purpose. We just have to trust in his way! In debt, in richness, in other tough or rough circumstances. He calms the storm. He brings sanity to our search because HE is the answer! He is not the ranch on your salad or the queso to your chips. He IS the meal! Let's stop the confusing search for something we'll never achieve, something we'll never be satisfied with and look to the one who will satisfy every desire we'll ever have.I don't know why I felt like I needed to write this out but it was the message repeated again and again and again in my head while I write a deck for a client. Maybe it'll speak to someone. Maybe it won't. Either way, a great reminder of searching for the King and not for his goods that we want to use for our own purposes.
