Pursuing Toilet Paper

 

Over the past few days I have seen stores completely wiped out of toilet paper. People standing in lines for hours just to get this basic need. Everyone searching for a couple of hours just to find the last pack of toilet paper. Part of me almost gets it because even though there are other ways to clean yourself if it comes down to it I know we like the way we normally clean ourselves. However, there has been the question of Why are people pursuing this so hard? Then I started to ask myself What am I pursuing? 

 

I think in all honesty I want to say I am pursuing God but when I sit and Humble myself how true is this. When looking back I have spent the majority of these past couple weeks looking at the news, memes and TikToks about the coronavirus. Maybe it’s not exactly me pursuing toilet paper but it’s me not pursuing God and I have realized I need that to change. Since being accepted into the World Race Trip I think I’ve just been like God can use me then. God doesn’t need me now. Oh wait I’ll do that in October. But how far from the truth is that. Even though I leave in October I can still be used here, I can still pursue God now just like we’ve been pursuing the toilet paper all over the place. I know God still has a purpose for me now and I can still build his kingdom before I leave for this year of mission work. 

 

Recently I led our youth in a bible study over David which comes from 1st and 2nd Samuel. David was truly a man after God’s own heart because he did whatever God wanted him to. Yes there is no doubt David had his struggles but in the end he still sought after God. He was a man that at the end of the day listened to God and was patient. David was first anointed king when he was a mere shepherd boy. He has to wait years before he actually became king. During those years of waiting though David didn’t take a break he still pursued God and when it came time to rule he was still Pursuing God. 

 

I think this is where I want to fall I want to be someone after God’s own heart that regardless the period of life I am in people know who is on my side. I want to pursue God as hard as people have been pursuing this toilet paper! I don’t want to put everything on pause until the next season but continue to let God work in and through me. So I end this post asking you What are you pursuing? 

 

 

Psalm 63:1 

 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.