I hope you have noticed that there are quite a few videos being circulated, forwarded many times, according to the Meta logarithm, that are clearly the work of artificial intelligence. They come to us in the form of prayers and encouragement and inspiration, and they almost always use Jesus a tack-on, never as the Lord of creation and salvation.  The latest is an exhortation using a passage from Jeremiah the talks about seeking the Lord with all the heart and finding him as a result. I do not care to listen to that kind of information, because I sensed immediately that it had nothing to do with God seeking us which is the mission of the Messiah, and not the seeking of God that comes from a people, Judah,  who have rejected him, have been thrown into exile and had their city and temple destroyed, and need to return to their God.

The seeking that matters

God’s sovereign search as Shepherd for his lost sheep stands out.  The sheep, of whom he knows their helpless heart condition, are not, are not looking for him, and will not be tempted by the proposition that they found him as a result of their diligent search.  Far too many people are seeing the church as broken, in disrepair and count themselves as reformers and repairers of the breach, when in fact nothing is wrong with Christ’s body.  Another famous rabbit hole is the one from second Chronicles “If my people who are called by my name will.. I will heal their land”.

I do not recommend you spend 18 minutes going down to this muddy pond. So here is a screenshot of the video