[Wednesday's Devotional] - Looking in the wrong place

Looking in the wrong place Marking the boat to locate the sword. A man in the state of Chu was ferrying across a river when his sword fell into the water. He lost no time in marking the side of the boat. "This is where my sword dropped," he said. When the boat was moored, he got into the water to look for his sword by the place he had marked. But since the boat had moved while the sword had not, this method of locating his sword proved unsuccessful. Lu Shi Chun Qiu It is easy to mock the ferryman for his stupidity. But it reminds me of the story of Jesus' resurrection when the two men in white spoke to the bewildered women who had come to attend to the body of Jesus and found his body gone: 'Why do you look for the living among the dead. He is not here; he has risen!  Luke 24:5 [NIV] Sometimes, like the women we can fail to understand that we are looking in the wrong place. How many people in our society are looking for fulfilment in the wrong place, through possessions, success, experiences, relationships… Ask God to show you where you are wasting your time by looking for something in the wrong place and start looking to Jesus instead.   Mairi Mowbray   Twitter Website Copyright © 2017 St. Matthew & St. Oswald's Church, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email as a subscriber to the Daily Devotionals Our mailing address is: St. Matthew & St. Oswald's Church 1a New Street Rugby, Warwickshire CV22 7BE United Kingdom Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list Want to be added to our mailing list? - sign up here!