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Geocaching          

Loring Schultz

Read: Jeremiah 29:10-14 NLT – This is what the LORD says: “You will – Bible Gateway

“If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.” Jeremiah 29:13 NLT

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A few of my family members are into the outdoor recreational activity of ‘geocaching.’ I have not gotten the bug yet. In reality it is an outdoor treasure hunt game, not that there are valuable treasures to be found, but the value is in the hunt. Developed twenty-five years ago, hunters search for items using their GPS devises hidden in the most remote places. These items called ‘geocaches’ are containers with a logbook to sign proving you found it along with little trinkets of some kind to share, you then place in your little surprise. At last reporting in 2023, geocaching is taking place in 191 countries around the world with over 3 million active caches. That’s a lot of trinkets.

This may indeed be more of than game. Perhaps, most games are. In geocaching the primary focus is the search and the reward of finding the cache. This reveals a deep truth about human nature. Deep down all of us are searching for something whether we realize it or not. Games such as geocaching and other activities quench that desire for the moment, but there is always that need to go back. Nothing totally fulfills that empty desire. We need to be constantly engaged in filling that void in our lives through what we find enjoyable and it is the search that keeps us going.

The prophet Jeremiah wrote the Lord’s words to the Jewish exiles in Babylon who were now searching for meaning in their lives. The Lord God said to them, “If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.” (Jer.29:13 nlt) The Lord promised them a future, He would restore them once again and told them to look for Him. God will hear their prayers and they will find Him right where they are.

If you haven’t accepted Christ as your savior and are still searching, it’s time to end the search. Jesus will meet where you are. Place your trust in Him by finding the cache with the only logbook that matters. (the Lamb’s Book of Life-Rev.21:27) You will receive a true treasure of total fulfillment in Christ’s salvation and eternal life.

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One God One Salvation 

Loring Schultz

Read: Isaiah 43:7-13 NLT – Bring all who claim me as their God, – Bible Gateway

“I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me, for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father’s hand. The Father and I are one.” John 10:28-30 NLT

Believe it or not, there are approximately 4,000 religions in the world. Common sense tells us they all can’t be right. Although there are many religions there are five that are the most prominent. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism share roughly 80% of the world’s total religions. Again, they all can’t be right. Adhering to anyone of these in total faith and commitment cancels out all the others. You cannot be accepting to all these for the same reason. It doesn’t work. You may think it is inclusion and right for this world, but what about the next one when this life is over. You may be familiar with the ‘coexist’ image. ‘Coexist’ is meant to bring people together through the major religions that we may live in peace in this world. We all know it is not working. ‘Coexist’ is not the way to peace and salvation in this world and certainly not in eternity.

The Hebrew God said in Isaiah, ‘“But you are my witnesses, O Israel!’ says the LORD. ‘You are my servant. You have been chosen to know me, believe in me, and understand that I alone am God. There is no other God—there never has been, and there never will be.’” (Is.43:10 nlt) This same Hebrew God sent His Son Jesus Christ as the Messiah to be the savior of the world both to the Jews and to all who accept Christ in repentance for their sins. Jesus Himself said, “The Father and I are one.” (Jn.10:30 nlt) God the Father says, “I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no other Savior.” (Is.43:11 nlt) Coexist does not exist, it’s One God, One Savior.