"What Is Your Quest?"

If you search for good, you will find favor;
    but if you search for evil, it will find you!

Proverbs 11:27 

 

Did you know that you will find what you search for?  Having said that, a word of caution is in order: Be CAREFUL what you search for!  It may not be what you wanted to find.  

 

If you seen popularity understand that there are many ways to be "popular" and not all of them are positive.  

 

If you seek to riches, understand that your search will come with a very high cost! It will cost you friends, family, compassion, empathy, love.

 

However, if you seek to become closer to God, the benefits are beyond any positive we could ever imagine!  

 

Plain and Simple....you will find what you seek, thus, be extremely careful what you seek!

 

Something for the Monty Python Enthusiasts

What is your quest?  Ever think about that?  A quest is often defined as a "pursuit" or "search."  Webster defines a Quest as: "a chivalrous enterprise in medieval romance usually involving an adventurous journey."

Do you have a lifelong dream?  Do you have a Quest?  Are you pursuing a calling? Is there any pursuit that has dominated your life for years?   You see, without a quest, our lives become dull, bleak, hopeless, and just a matter of existence.  Without a pursuit our lives become weak and there's really little reason to get out of bed in the morning.  We just drift along, going with the flow with no enthusiasm, gathering debris.

A quest fuels a need.....a drive to fulfill our mission. It absolutely refuses to let us become complacent! A quest lights a fire under us and will not let us just coast along without direction wherever the whim may take us.  A quest gives us purpose!  It gives us a reason to move forward!  It keeps us from becoming idle. It pushes, pulls, drags us forward.

Did you know that God has a quest as well?  God's quest is found in Philippians 1:6 - "And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns." God's quest is to get us where HE has planned for us and He will not stop until His quest is fulfilled.

"What is your quest?"

What Is Your Quest?

I cry out to God Most High, who will fulfill His purpose for me.

Psalm 57:2 

 

I admit that I'm a bit of a nerd with a dash of geek tossed in.  I thoroughly enjoy "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" even though the ending was rather a let down for me.  But one scene in particular has wedged itself into my memory and, believe it or not, God has used it to remind me that He has a purpose for me.  

 

The Knights of the Round Table arrive at a bridge which is guarded by a rather sinister yet amusing old man, who informs the knights that they must answer three questions before they are allowed to cross the bridge.  The first question is rather easy: "What is your name?"  The second question is the one that sticks out in my thoughts: "What is your quest?"  And this is the question I have asked myself and asked of God repeatedly over the course of my life.  Why am I here?  What is my purpose?

 

These are questions we wonder about more than we care to admit.  Why did God, creator of all, create me?  Why am I here?  What is my quest?  These are not always easy or cut and dry.  Until, during my quiet time this morning, I got an answer.  I was, once again, talking with God about my purpose, my reason for being, my quest, and I was suddenly struck with "Why are you so concerned about that?"  The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I have been wasting so much time and energy trying to figure it out when I should have been focused on God and let Him show me as He needs.

 

My conclusion? God has the plan for me (Jeremiah 29:11), my job is to focus on Him and be available and ready.  When God brings someone into my life that needs my help or whose help I need, His plan and quest for my life in that time is fulfilled.  I don't believe our lives have a single purpose or quest, I believe God has a series of quests and purposes for us and will do whatever He must to fulfill each one in our lives.