Striving for SOMETHING more

What is it that keeps us going? What drives humanity on? Why do we keep going day after mundane day? Is it something innate in us something that we cannot stop that is pushing us forward without any force applied. Or is it something more, is it something that was put in us by God? A striving to live and be and flourish. A curiosity to know why we were put on this earth, by whom and for what purpose we were created for. Why do people search for answers, why do we question, why don’t we just continue with our lives not knowing the absolute truth about life…what makes us wonder?
You know so many things in this life are pointless and meaningless. Day by day things get more complex and yet more simple and idiotic. Yet in the nonsense and the regular there is something beautiful, meaningful and even full of purpose.

What are you searching for? What do YOU seek? What will completely satisfy you? What will satisfy your hearts desire your thirst for more and your need to be complete and to be known by someone or something. Does It feels like there is something inside of you that will never be satisfied or subdued.. it is striving for something. BUT WHAT? We are searching, seeking, urning and hoping that there is something more than this life. That there is a reason for all of this, we want to believe in beauty in purity and love. BUT HOW?
Is this all just a pointless game we’re all playing is there really any point in living? Does what we do in the day matter, the people we talk to the words we say the actions and deeds we do? Does it even matter…does Anyone see? Does anyone care?

“Vanity of vanities, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does a man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. The wind blows to the south; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns. All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the stream flow there they flow again. All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing nor the ear filled with hearing. What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.”

As I continue living here in Kenya and continue to see the poor and the needy among me I ask myself these questions. I wonder at the people’s tenacity and perserverance to continue living. Life is not very hard for us here but for the Kenyans and Somalis it is hard. For the poorest of poor, who scrape a living from selling wood or coal just to eat flour and water and maybe some beans, it is hard. Today I passed a man lying asleep in the ditch, covered from head to toe with month old, brown, African dirt. He looked hopeless, lifeless, my friend and I wondered if he was dead or alive. What is this mans story, how did he end up like this?
What are they living for? What are WE living for? What are YOU living for?

We were all put on this earth by God our creator to live and produce and take care of the earth. But is that all, are we just simply here to eat, sleep, have children and work?

From the beginning of time we see that Man was created to be with God. All throughout the Bible we see God pursuing man and man hiding or running away from God, in some cases man pursues God.
I am convinced that we were created for more than this earth and it’s empty promises and broken dreams. I am convinced that we were created for something more something better…something unimaginable and perfect. We were created for eternity, eternity with our Creator. Therefore we are all striving for something more and trying to fill our lives up with anything that can satisfy but little do people know that nothing but relationship with God and God’s love can satisfy the emptiness that is inside of us. No matter how hard we try we will fail every time. Only God can satisfy. He is our hope the consuming fire and purpose of living. But until Christ comes back and puts all things right again we will continue to strive and seek and we will all continue living our lives and unknowingly we will hope and wait for the DESIRE of our HEARTS to come.

“But according to his promises we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.” 2 Peter 3:9

“Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and hey will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more. Neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. And he who was seated on the throne said, “ Behold I am making all things new.”
“ It is done! I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur,” Revelation 21: 3-8