What are you Chasing?

What are you chasing after?

There are many things we chase after in life. We chase after a specific career goal or a lifestyle. We chase after a guy or girl that we like. We chase after having the newest thing. We chase after famous actors or actresses. We chase after our favorite bands.

Think about how far you've seen people go to get a ticket to their favorite concert. Or think about the people who start sitting outside of stores for a new video game or gadget that they want days in advance before it comes out. Think about all the time and effort we put into trying to get someone to like us or in trying to 'make it in this world' and achieve success in school to get a good paying job.

I'm not saying any of this is necessarily bad at all. I'm just saying where is it in relation to how we chase after Christ?  I think about how much time I spend on the chasing after friends, or watching a TV show, or trying to keep up with my favorite celebrities, or liking a guy and wanting him to feel the same, or before when I was wanting to be a Nurse having the wrong mindset in choosing that as my career choice, only because I know I could make a lot of money and others wanted me to do it.

How much time do we truly spend in chasing after Christ and heavenly things? He is our maker! Why do we not daily chase after Him? I know personally I can become so lazy at times and just numb myself to the things of this world (not necessarily "bad" things, just not things that aren't really bettering Christ in this world).

My friend told me a story once about how he was in love with this girl. She and him had dated quite a while and then she broke up with him when they graduated from high school. He was heart broken and started doing anything he could to try and get her back. He wrote her letters. He always was there for her. He kept her in the forefront of his mind. He chased after her...Hard... Then one day realizing his efforts were not working, he broke down. He thought about how much he was chasing after her and how much she would reject him, maybe every once in a while she would give him a little hope by calling him back or agreeing to see him, but she never really would come back and he realized that he was showing God that same rejection... Think about how much Christ pursues a relationship with us and chases after our hearts. He wrote us a whole love letter telling us how much He loves us and His plan for us. He is our biggest fan and our greatest love, yet we constantly find other things to pay more attention to or give more of our time and energy to (Other things to 'chase after' in place of Him.) We reject the precious gifts He sends into our lives. We need to stop running after other things and let him catch us and just rest in his Love and Mercy. We need to stop chasing after the wrong things and start chasing back after Him   .... Lets show Him that we love Him back and start running for the Great Prize our Lord,  Jesus Christ!

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ~ "²⁴ Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. ²⁵ Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. ²⁶ Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. ²⁷ No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize."