Hidden Treasure

Today's devotional is from Life is a Goldmine: Can You Dig It?

"For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding; If you seek her as silver and search for her as for hidden treasures . . ." - Proverbs 2:3-4.

If you were guaranteed that there's a valuable stash of treasure buried in your backyard, what would you do? Would you only pray about it? Would you dig one hole and, if you didn't find it, give up searching? Let's hope not! You would dig and then dig some more, and then enlist some professional help, and utilize some earth-moving equipment until you found it.

That's how you have to look for purpose. It can't be a passive endeavor. What are you doing to find your promised purpose? With whom are you consulting? What are you reading? How fervently are you praying and seeking?

Lord, I've been guilty of waiting for purpose to come to me, instead of embarking on an all-out search like I would for hidden treasure. I see now that the search is part of Your plan to help me appreciate purpose when I find it. Forgive me for being passive and not doing my part, and help me see all that I can do to search. Ultimately, let me find my purpose.