Complacency is Your Enemy

Proverbs 2:3-5—If you indeed cry out for insight, and raise your voice for understanding; if you seek it like silver, and search for it as for hidden treasures—then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.

Complacency is your enemy.  We are foolish to believe that it’s possible to “arrive.”  So many of us think that life would be perfect if we just had a better job, more income, the perfect spouse, or _____[you fill in the blank]_____.  We think of life as a destination, but really it is all about the journey.  Ask yourself what you are seeking – is it a certain kind of Earthly lifestyle? Do you want to attain a particular standard of living?  What are you goals?  The Lord tells us that when we seek Him, everything else will fall into place.  Our finite minds cannot possibly contemplate the magnitude of God and His magnificent creation.  But if we seek Him and seek to understand our place in it, He will reveal His Wisdom to us.  The treasures of Heaven are not physical like the treasures we know here on Earth, yet they are far more valuable.  We should seek God’s treasures of Wisdom, Love, and Relationship with even more fervor than we seek Earthly success and treasure.

Today as you pray and meditate on His Word, consider what you are seeking.  Be honest about what occupies your heart, your thoughts, and your mind.  Pray that God would fill the voids you feel, and ask Him to fill you with desire to seek Him over other Earthly treasures.  Pray that He would give you insight that you might understand your purpose and essential role in His Master Plan. Rejoice in the energy He gives you to be diligent in your pursuit of Him.