Look for Christ
When you search for me, yes, search for me with all your heart, you will find me. ~ Jeremiah 29:13 (CEB)
Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective. ~ Colossians 3:2 (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
Since we tend to find what we're looking for, look for the things of Christ.
PRAYER:
Dear God, thank you for making yourself findable. I tend to shuffle along with my eyes to the ground much of the time -- fully caught up in the things which come my way. Jolt me out of my myopic approach to life. I want to see everything from Christ's perspective. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
