"And everybody knows emptiness
Everywhere they're all on a quest
But nobody seems to know
The reason for their restlessness
Everybody's lost in aimlessness
But Somebody brought hope to hopelessness
Now everybody needs to know
That they can know the Master of the quest"
Isn't it so true that most of the world is on a quest for something, but nobody really seems to know what that something is? Aimless dabbling in one pleasure after another provides temporary distraction, but no true fulfillment. From movies to novels, from scrolling social media to exercise, from yet another shopping spree to endless playlists, there are plenty of ways to mask the hopelessness, forget the aimlessness, and hide the emptiness. For a while. And after that, the quest continues.
The bad news is, attempting to distract ourselves like this is much like turning the stereo up, instead of taking the car to a mechanic and getting the source of that strange noise identified and fixed. The good news is, Somebody brought hope to hopelessness. We can know the Master of this quest. He is ready and waiting for us to come to Him so He can fill our emptiness, give us purpose in exchange for our aimlessness, and turn our hopelessness into hope. Jesus came to bring us rest from the quest. He's the one we're looking for.
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