“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” The presents are wrapped in shiny paper and Hallmark movies stream all December long. The house smells of delicious desserts! It really is wonderful, isn’t it?

There’s just one issue. My heart seeks the perfect holiday season yet somehow still comes up short. I’ve bought a present for everyone on my list but still find myself seeking more. No matter how impressive my house looks, I still search for something extra to make it more impressive.

Read the words from Jeremiah again. “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” When we seek God! My heart is so wrapped up in this world, and too often, he is the last thing that I seek. The verse says, “all your heart.” I struggle to give him a portion.

To seek God is to open his Word and meditate on it. Seek and you will find his goodness, his peace, his comfort, his heart-mending, and his ever comforting and gracious love. Keep seeking Jesus and the hustle and bustle that the world is obsessed with will diminish. Seek the Lord with all your heart and encourage others to do the same. When we seek to experience the perfect holiday season but leave out the One whose heart beats for us, we fall short of the most perfect holiday celebration.