Shopping around

"A practical disbelief of God's all-sufficiency is at the bottom of all our departures from him."
Matthew Henry, in his commentary on 1 Kings 12

Why do we walk away? Why do we chase after anything else? We believe He is not enough. One who has found what he is looking for does not keep looking. If Jesus really didn't satisfy, if there really was something better out there, shopping around would make sense. But He is the one thing that satisfies. I've found it to be true in my life, even after shopping around more than a little. He is the answer, He is the desire, He is the satisfaction, the goal, the purpose of it all.

He is not a crutch to be clung to until we are able to walk. He is what makes us fly.

Boasting of the future

"One who puts on his armor should not boast like one who takes it off."
Ahab, in 1 Kings 20: 11

Ahab certainly isn't the Old Testament king with the cleanest record or the most upright life, but he got at least one thing right. No matter how certain we are of the odds, we must wait until the battle is finished before we claim the glory of the results. Let us be patient and humble, preparing ourselves for what is ahead rather than claiming to know it already.