The video below is a humorous depiction of the utter frustration of seeking our
fulfillment in or from this world. Ormie the Pig seeks cookies that are just out
of reach and he will go to every length to get them.
Many are like this in our world.
In a quest for illusory happiness, many will spare no expense, and even
self-destruct seeking to fill the God-sized hole in their heart.
But it never works, because our
desires are infinite, and a finite world just can’t seal the deal. We are always
left unsatisfied. Our complete fulfillment can only be with God. For now, we
walk by faith toward Him of whom our heart is says, “Seek his face, seek always
the face of the Lord!”
Seeking the Lord does two things for us
immediately and in growing measure. First it helps us stop thinking
that finite things can really satisfy us and increasingly ends our frustrating,
futile and intense running after these things. Secondly, as our prayerful union
with God deepens, our satisfaction with the Lord also deepens and becomes more
desirable than the finite things of the passing world; increasingly we can say
that God really does satisfy.
In the video Ormie is a very unhappy
pig because no matter how hard he tries, he can’t get what wants. And
the world also seems to taunt him as he tries. And frankly, even if he did get
the cookies, they would satisfy for twenty minutes, max.
Allow the cookies to represent
happiness. Ormie spends his whole life focused on pursuing something
this world can’t give him. An awful lot of people live like Ormie, forever
running and chasing butterflies. Somehow they think that if they just get the
thing they seek, they will be happy. They will not, at least not in the infinite
sense their heart really seeks. Wealth brings comfort, not happiness. The finite
world just can’t give what many want it to give and are always pursuing.
Enjoy this video. It’s very funny. Often humor
registers in us because it contains an element of truth that we recognize in our
own self. So laugh, and learn with Ormie the Pig!
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