day 1341: Still Missing

"...And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Until something miraculous happens, when you are reading this, Malaysian airlines flight 370 will still be missing and the speculations over the reasons for the disappearance will still be raging.  We get enthralled with those things that can't be explained and something like a plane full of passengers going missing captures our attention.  The same could be said for anything that is in the ordinary that can't be found.  Money.  People. Items. All, when expected to be one place and not there, become a mystery for us to solve. What if we were this curious and obsessed with the mystery of why someone stopped buying our product, or using our service?  Would we, do we, become obsessive about their disappearance, or do we instead, rationalize that they are only one of so many that w couldn't possibly ever really track and know the reasons, therefore, we should let it go?  I hear this all the time and each time I wonder if that business or organization will ever fully reach their potential?

If God disappeared from our lives, how long would it take for us to know that He was gone?  An hour?  A day?  A week? Longer?  We can only answer that question with the honesty of how often we are reaching and calling on Him.  If its once a week on Sunday, then He could be gone for a long time before we would know.  If He disappeared then would we become more curious and do all that we we could to find Him?  Jesus created the greatest mystery of all when He died, rose, and then ascended into Heaven. Are we as passionate about this as we are the mysteries and the disappearances of the world? Adding a layer here for us today, what do we think the reaction is of others around us when they see us slide back into our old ways and not act Christlike in our workplaces? Do they wonder where that God of of ours has gone?  He is always with us.  He never goes missing! Let's be sure that we don't, for any reason, turn our back and leave Him out of our lives!

Reference: Matthew 28:20 (New Living Translation)