Are You Playing Hide and Seek?

The woods is a fun place to play "Hide and Seek."
Can you really hide from God there?
Of course not. He can always see you!
Seek Him--don't hide.

Prayer – Lord, people play so many games, but it is usually only children who play “Hide and Seek.” Grown-ups are obsessed by sporting events, enthralled by video games, and play endless hours of card games or other games of chance. The biggest risk is the game that people play with their lives—by not accepting You, Jesus, as their Savior. Don’t they realize that You are the Way, the Truth, and the Life? You are the only way to the Father…and eternal life. It’s not a game. It is real. We don’t need to be entertained—just educated to understand that we have a choice to make…to choose You and Life…or to reject You and Life. Thank you for revealing Yourself to me—for I believe in You, Jesus, as my Savior and rejoice that I have chosen eternal life for myself.

All the future events in this vision are like a sealed book to them. When you give it to those who can read, they will say, "We can't read it because it is sealed." When you give it to those who cannot read, they will say, "We don't know how to read." And so the Lord says, "These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote. Because of this, I will once again astound these hypocrites with amazing wonders. The wisdom of the wise will pass away, and the intelligence of the intelligent will disappear." What sorrow awaits those who try to hide their plans from the LORD, who do their evil deeds in the dark! "The LORD can't see us," they say. "He doesn't know what's going on!" How foolish can you be? He is the Potter, and he is certainly greater than you, the clay! Should the created thing say of the one who made it, "He didn't make me"? Does a jar ever say, "The potter who made me is stupid"? Isaiah 29:11-16

 

Meditate. Consider God’s guidance in scripture. Read God’s word and listen to what He is saying.

 

When I was growing up “Hide and Seek” was a popular childhood game—and for my grandkids, it still is a favorite. But as adults are some people playing hide and seek with God? We can’t hide from Him. He knows our every move. There is no point in hiding. Do those people who do their evil deeds in the dark really think they are getting away with something? They just don’t know God. No point in playing hide and seek with Him.

 

The seeking part is not part of the childhood game. Jesus told us to seek first the Kingdom of God…

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. Matthew 6:33

David wisely advised his son, Solomon, to seek God, right before he gave him the plans for the glorious Temple, the earthly home for God in Jerusalem.

"And Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the LORD sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever. So take this seriously. The LORD has chosen you to build a Temple as his sanctuary. Be strong, and do the work." 1 Chronicles 28:9-10

I love this passage. Like Solomon, we are to know God intimately, as well as worship and serve Him with our whole heart and a willing mind. Not half-heartedly, but entirely. Likewise, when we seek Him, we will find Him. So, like in the game—listen for God call, “Ally, ally, oxen free”—“Come out, come out wherever you are.” You are free. He knows where you are, but allows you the freedom to choose when you join Him. His wisdom is above all. He is the source of wisdom and knowledge.

Oh, how great are God's riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways! For who can know the LORD's thoughts? Who knows enough to give him advice? And who has given him so much that he needs to pay it back? For everything comes from him and exists by his power and is intended for his glory. All glory to him forever! Amen. Romans 11:33-36

Just seek a relationship with God first and foremost in all you think, say and do. Give Him the glory for the great things He has done. Especially for saving you. No need to play “Hide and Seek.”

 

Verses of Salvation ~ But to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God's weakness is stronger than the greatest of human strength. 1 Corinthians 1:24-25

 

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