The treasure hunt...

i'm on a treasure hunt this week! Object: to seek and find the Lord. The closer i am to the Lord at the end of the week, the closer i am to my treasure. ...let me explain myself. i am doing a summer leadership program with my church and our whole goal is to reach out to the people of Manhattan this summer and to equip us to make disciples this fall. but i kind of came off a big spring semester with school, work, relationships, etc and feel like i'm still catching my breath. in order to be successful in kingdom advancement this summer i realize that i need to seek Christ with my whole heart (seek first the kingdom of God and all these things will be added to you). by God's blessing and grace, i am becoming quite successful at the things that i do and obviously it is easy for pride to get in the way in ministry. especially when you are becoming successful at other things in your life, it is easy to think that you will be successful at anything you do when it comes to ministry. but i fully believe that for true success in ministry, it is absolutely essential to have full dependence on the Lord in humility. we are just His laborers. He directs our steps and we have the opportunity to walk in them or walk away from them. i realized that i need to depend on Christ more when it comes to day to day things: seeking Him in the morning...talking to Him throughout the day...thanking Him in the evening. Jesus Christ is the reason i live today and why i live so abundantly! i owe Him nothing less than myself which i have already gladly given Him. there are many 'things' in life that tempt us to loose focus on the end of our faith - the salvation of our souls. i want to be storing up treasure in heaven where rust and moths do not destroy. my inheritance in heaven is incorruptible and undefiled. and so - my treasure hunt begins...