Chasing Bubbles

Have you ever looked out across an open field on a warm summer day and seen children chasing bubbles? Just as one reaches out to grasp the delicate spheres they burst. Sometimes a bubble may settle into an open palm for just a moment but quickly even gentle movement leaves the hand empty. Chasing bubbles may bring fleeting happiness, but they don't last.

A prayer in the Valley of Vision ( a collection of Puritan prayers) compares the things of this world to bubbles. Like children we chase wildly after our own pleasure. We abandon things that last for passing whims, selfish ambitions, and vain imaginations. The moment we think we have finally grasped the thing that would satisfy our desires the bubble burts leaving our hands empty. Solomon put it this way "Vanity of vanities all is vanity" the things of this world that some spend their entire lives striving after are empty.

As Christians we don't have to waste our lives chasing bubbles. We have been called to a higher task, a greater mission to glorify and enjoy the almighty God of the universe forever. When we chase after Him our hands will never be left empty; our joy will not be fleeting. The bubbles of this world distract and seek to tear our thoughts away from the awesome view of our loving Lord. In this life He is all that matters and we must fix our eyes on Him "the author and finisher of our faith." It is only with this focus that we can move past chasing bubbles and become more than conquerors in Christ.