Seek Him: For in Your Discoveries, You’ll Never Lose Your Wonder

Indeed, familiarity breeds contempt.

Perhaps not contempt, but disregard.

Over time, things that were once sights for our sore eyes can become just another thing. Things I marvelled at in the past have now become things I simply look past.

Once upon a time, I was mesmerised by the beauty of large water bodies, the uniqueness of certain states’ landscapes, and several other things. But now, I simply look and pass. I am no longer enamoured by their beauty, neither do they capture my attention as they once did.

This seems to be a human tendency.

And now, I wonder: I hope I am not like that.

The miracles that once delighted me, the nature of God that captured my heart, His ways that mesmerised me, and His acts that drew me in and left me in awe—do I still respond to them the same way? Am I still as captivated by Him as I was on the first day I met Him?

A closer retrospection gave me an answer: yes, I have lost some of my wonder at His acts.

But a deeper revelation gave me this: God, though unchangeable, is multidimensional and unlimited. The mystery of His being is inexhaustible; there is no end to the search. The more you keep searching, the more you realise that you have not even scratched the surface of His ways.

And now, I ponder: perhaps, to counter the tendency to lose that initial ecstasy and euphoria over His acts, we can focus more on seeking Him and His ways.

Knowing His acts will enlighten you; knowing His ways will give you life.

Because His ways and His being are endless, we are drawn into a lifelong search, an unending quest for Him. Like David, we seek Him daily and long for Him in this arid land. This insatiable thirst for Him and His ways draws us into never-ending revelations of the dimensions of His being.

And then, day after day, revelation after revelation, the wonder never ends.

Today, He is Rapha, the Healer. Tomorrow, He is Jireh, the Provider. Another day, He is Rabbi, the Teacher.

This is only a reflection, and so, I arrive at no definite conclusion. But perhaps there is something worth holding on to:

Know His ways, not just His acts. His knowledge preserves.

Seek Him; for in your discoveries, you will never lose your wonder.