Seeking To Find

And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13

One week ago, June 21 – 28, we embarked on Great OutDoor Endeavors’ first week long adventure trip.

Our destination? Arizona.

Our goal? While we wanted everyone to enjoy their vacation and the sights of Arizona, our main objective was to dis-connect from “the world,” and to re-connect to God.

You see, we believe that all of creation testifies to the power and dominion of the Living Creator God, and that we can experience Him in His creation. Two of our guiding Scriptures for the week were Romans 1:20, “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,” and Psalm 19: 1 – 3, “The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard.” Our goal was to see, to hear, and to understand.

Now, if these attributes are clearly seen in the things that are made, and God’s glory is being declared by the heavens and shown in the firmament, why do they escape most people?

The driving idea behind Great OutDoors is that most people are simply too busy and too distracted by the hustle and bustle that are our lives to take time to notice God’s handiwork and to look for His attributes being displayed. We wake up in the morning in our artificial, man-made environments; we rush to our cars and fight traffic to arrive in another artificial, man-made environment. We spend all day inside, and then we rush to our vehicles to start the process all over again. Rarely do we take the time to “be still and know” that He is God. Rarely do we take the time to stop and just observe our natural, God-made surroundings. Even rarer do we take the time to consider what they are saying to us; remember, “day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge.” As the passage from Jeremiah states, we will find Him if we seek Him and search with all our heart.

Over the next week or so, I’d like to share the experiences of the thirteen people that made the trip to Sedona, Az and on to Grand Canyon and Havasu Falls.

While you join us as we re-create the journey, I pray that you are blessed, encouraged, and motivated to seek Him with all your heart. I know that if you do, you’ll find Him.

You have His Word on it!