Pastor Jamie's October Article

It’s fun as a Dad watching the hobbies and interests that Drake develops.  Most come and go with time, like his stuffed animal collection.  Some start as a passing interest and then grow, that’s how his football fandom progressed, from a mild interest to a major one.  It’s the hobbies that start as a major interest and continue to hold his interest for a stretch of time that make me wonder if this will be a life long piece of who he is. He’s only ever had two interests that fit into that category, the first has been making videos for YouTube and the second began last year and hasn’t slowed down since, hot wheels hunting.  

You are probably familiar with hot wheels, the little toy cars that have been around since the 60’s, but hot wheels hunting is different than just collecting the cars.  Hunting is about seeking out valuable cars and preserving and displaying them.  There are cars that have a little added value because of their make and model being popular, then there are treasure hunts, cars that have a limited production run and are worth 5-10 times more than a regular car, finally there are super treasure hunts which are special paintjobs that are very limited and fetch 70-100 times the value of a regular car.  He’s got all the makes and models, paint schemes and production runs memorized, can sort through hundreds of cars in minutes and pull out the ones that have some value. Then he’ll go home put them in protective covers and display them, he has even convinced store managers to give him the displays the cars are on in the store so he can use those displays in his room.  It really has been interesting watching him develop the interest, knowledge, skill and confidence to pursue this hobby, not to mention the discipline to save his allowance to pursue it. 

We all have those things that we pursue in that same way, with knowledge, discipline, skill and confidence.  Perhaps for you it is a hobby, your garden, your car, Disney or any other number of things.  But what I hope for all of us is that we pursue our relationship with God in that same way. The Bible encourages us to do so over and over

Chronicles 16:11 11 Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.

Acts 17:27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.

Jeramiah 29:14 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Psalms 34:10 The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
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I could go on with many more verses.  God calls us to seek him out, to grow in our relationship with God.  We all have a desire within us to seek out things, knowledge, our interests, love and more.  At the heart of this seeking is God the source of love, knowledge and all creation.  May we seek out God with the same energy we seek these other things, with discipline, passion and confidence.  May we grow in prayer, discernment and understanding and in doing so better know the love and the peace of God.