Psalm 43:3–5
3 Send forth your light and your truth,
let them guide me;
let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to the place where you dwell.
4 Then will I go to the altar of God,
to God, my joy and my delight.
I will praise you with the harp,
O God, my God.
5 Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
You cannot get to God simply by seeking Him. He has to give you enough truth and light to find Him.
Yes, the Bible does make it clear that “those who seek me shall find me when you seek me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13), but today’s Scripture reminds us that God has to send his light and truth–like breadcrumbs–otherwise we would seek endlessly and in futility. And all seeking without finding is heartbreaking.
None of us can find God through our own resources. What we know of God is voluntary self-disclosure. It’s a gift. And if there was any doubt about that, just look at the incarnation. God had to send forth His light and His truth in a way that we couldn’t help but notice and in a way that really showed us how deaf and blind we were (are!) to the things of God.
At the heart of Christianity is a God who draws us–often subtly–towards Himself. He knows we can’t make it to Him via religion, moralism, sincerity, nobility, etc., so He comes to us. That is good news.
