Chasing Viral

We chase things. Like running after a busy toddler, we chase after dreams, hopes, and aspirations. We long for affirmation and often search for it in the wrong place. We strive instead of do. We hustle instead of rest. We are chasing viral.

We long for the followers; hunger for that attention. We chase after the wrong beast and it swallows us whole. Soon, we lose sight of our initial goal and lose a sense of ourselves. We wonder how we got here; where we went wrong.

We were chasing viral instead of chasing Jesus.

When we choose to chase Jesus, affirmation follows. The attention we long for is fulfilled in an immeasurable security in who we are and who we were created to be.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;  your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14

You are worthy beyond your following. You are worthy even when the affirmation never seems to come.

You.

Are.

Worthy.

Stop striving and start doing. Stop chasing viral and start running after Jesus. Do the little things because they matter even though they seem to go unnoticed. Your Father in heaven sees. That is where your true value lies.

Chasing viral will leave you empty, frustrated, and depressed. Running after Jesus will leave you filled and energized in the depths of your soul. We are going to find out that all those little things we did that went unnoticed where actually the big things that mattered.

Stop chasing viral.

Run after Jesus.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.  Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. Hebrews 12:1-3

Love & Blessings,

Meg