There is a quiet promise woven through Scripture: “You shall seek the Lord your God, and you shall indeed find him when you search after him with your whole heart and your whole soul.” That line from Deuteronomy has always struck me as both a command and a consolation. God does not hide. God invites. And faith, true, living faith, leans forward in response.
The Magi understood this long before they knew the name of the One they were seeking. They followed a star into uncertainty, trusting that the desire placed in their hearts would lead them to truth. Their journey reminds us that faith is not passive. It moves. It asks. It seeks to know.
We are invited into that same posture of holy curiosity. Not the kind of knowing that tries to control or contain God, but the kind that opens us to deeper relationship. To seek Christ is to let our faith stretch toward Him, to let our hope anchor in Him, and to let our love be shaped by His.
And as we seek, something beautiful happens: faith grows toward its fulfillment. Hope becomes steadier. Love becomes more generous. The kingdom of God draws nearer, not only around us, but within us.
So perhaps the question for us today is simple:
Where is Christ inviting me to seek Him more deeply? In prayer, in Scripture, in the faces of those I encounter, in the quiet desires of my own heart?
Faith seeks to know. And the God who guided the Magi still guides us. If we search for Him with our whole heart, we will find Him, again and again.
Smitten With Goodness 