In the previous blog post, I’ve begun to share from I Spy God – A God Hunt Book for Kids. It’s by multiple award-winning author Karen Mains who is also my wife. Not only does it have this delightful tale of Loser eventually searching very hard for something quite important to him, the booklet helps children look for God in their everyday lives, which is an important practice for adults as well as children.
Please note these words from page 14:
One really important treasure hunt that can go on for life is the hunt for God. This is a treasure hunt where the more you look, the more you find!
Soon you will be an adult. Surprisingly, adults often have trouble finding God! They become busy looking for the wrong treasures in life. That’s why it’s important for you to practice hunting for God now, while you are young.
Did you identify at all with the sentence about adults often having trouble finding God in their everyday lives? The truth is, this is a common problem. Busy lives keep our minds occupied with all kinds of thoughts, but not that many are God related. And it’s not that we want it this way. It just happens!
Even people who are well disciplined in terms of daily Bible study and prayer will admit that it’s hard to stay God-focused once you’ve left the quiet of your time alone with the Lord. This is a culture that almost screams at you for attention with its ads everywhere, its phones everywhere, its all-too-convenient media outlets everywhere, and its just plain noise everywhere.
Well, for several blog posts, I want to address this issue of “Finding God in Your Everyday World.” That’s my subject, and my prediction is that by the end of this series of blog posts most of you will not only say you’re getting good at finding God in your everyday world, in the process you’ll also have a lot of fun. This bold prediction of mine will be true for children as well as adults. In fact, in any given group of people who learn how to find God in their daily lives, there’s a good chance that the younger ones will outshine those of us who are older.
In his book Discipline and Discovery, Edward Day writes:
“It would be a very poor sort of life that was aware of people only when it collided with them … and it is a tragic life that becomes conscious of God only in those events that shatter its habitual thoughts and dreams and compel it to recognize his presence and activity. What makes life splendid is the constant awareness of God.”
What we’re going to do, to tap into that constant awareness, is to learn to go on a daily God Hunt.
“What’s that?” you ask.
Well, you’ll have to come back and read the next blog post to find out.
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Sunday’s coming. Do you have your sermon ready? Is it relevant? Will it effectively motivate your congregation to walk more in step with the Master? What about that Sermon Series you’ve been thinking about?
Or, if you’re someone who plans well ahead, have you asked yourself what you will preach for your Easter Sermon, your Advent Sermon, your Christmas Sermon?
David Mains and Mainstay Ministries can help. We offer a wide variety of Sermon Starters and Full Sermons that will give you Sermon Ideas to help you prepare for regular Saturday or Sunday sermons, Mid-week Bible Sermons, and Sermons for special occasions.
We also offer assistance as you create Topical Sermons, Sermons Series, and sermons for special times of the year. We have resources available to help you with Advent Celebrations, Advent Sermons, Christmas Sermons, Easter Sunday Sermons, Patriotic Sermons, and more.
For more information on how to create better Bible Sermons and how to turn Sermon Ideas into Sermon Outlines, and then into effective, meaningful Sunday Sermons, please click here to visit David Mains’ website.
You will also find a variety of resources for pastors and congregations at the Mainstay Ministries website. Just click here.
