Eureka

Eureka, a word attributed to the Ancient Greek Scholar, Archimedes, who noticed when stepping in his bath one day that the water level rose and instantly understood the concept of displaced volume and was able to apply that principle to determine the volume of irregular objects, is not a word we use much anymore unless we're talking about a particular place (Eureka Springs or Eureka, CA) or perhaps a vacuum cleaner.

The word means, "I found it!"  And it is properly used as an exclamation not just a statement as it suggests you have found something you have been searching for and are excited to have done so.

I don't think that Olympic Gold Snowboarder, Kelly Clark, joined Archimedes in yelling, "Eureka, eureka!" But she nonetheless had that experience, which came after being overwhelmed with a feeling of emptiness: "I had money, I had fame, I had an Olympic gold medal" but, she went on to say, "If this is what life is, if this is everything; I don't want to do it anymore."

This feeling set her on a search for God and the meaning of life that lasted four months at which point she realized that she didn't want to go another day without God in her life.  On that day she invited Jesus into her life and everything changed when she found what her soul was searching for: "That was a huge shifting point for me where my snowboarding became this amazing expression and fun thing, rather than this thing that I had to do.  It became this thing that I was made to do and I could actually enjoy."

What Kelly found, her "Eureka!" moment was discovering the path of life and the joy that is found in living before God and walking with the Lord on that path.  While her life did not change, her reason and purpose for living did making everything different - fulfilling her spirit within.  It was then she found  her "joy in the Lord, [that] cause[d] [her] to ride in triumph on the heights" (Isa 58:14).

Have you reached the point in which you wonder "is this all there is to life?"  Are you so ready for your "Eureka!" moment?  Is your should aching within you for something, someone?  Perhaps it is time or time once again to invite Jesus into your life, to give reason and purpose for what you do.  Perhaps you need to find your joy in the Lord.  Jus' Say'n.