Ponce de Leon purportedly went on many expensive and dangerous expeditions in search of the mythical Fountain of Youth.

When Westerners first heard of a hidden paradise in the Himalayan mountains, popularized as Shanghai-La by James Hilton in “Lost Horizon”, countless expeditions were launched.

Indiana Jones, Monty Python, and “The Da Vinci Code” all put their spin on the search for the Holy Grail, the mystical cup of Christ with supposed miraculous healing powers.

None of these desperate searches bore fruit. They are myths and legend, born and sustained by wishful thinking.

To many people God seems like an unrealistic wishful-thinking myth as well. But the Bible assures me that He’s not.

In Chronicles, King Asa was a good king ruling people who had turned away from God. King Asa was fighting against the tide to bring His nation back to God. But he was discouraged. Then the prophet Azariah gave him this message from God:

“But as for you, be strong; don’t give up, for your work has a reward.”
‭‭2 Chronicles‬ ‭15‬:‭7‬ ‭CSB‬‬

What was this reward? What is my reward when I seek God?

“The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.”
‭‭2 Chronicles‬ ‭15‬:‭2‬ ‭CSB‬‬

The reward of seeking God is finding God. Unlike, seeking the Fountain of Youth or Shanghai-La or the Holy Grail, God is not a myth. He is real and easily found simply by seeking Him.

Dear God,

Thank you for being so easily found! Open my eyes to see and my heart to seek you today.