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11/03/04
"You will find me when you seek me, if you look
for me in earnest." Jeremiah 29:13 (LB)
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Have you ever played hide and seek? The person who is the seeker hides their
eyes and counts to 100 while all the other players hide. The goal is not to hide
so well that you are not found, just well enough that you're found last. No
child who has ever played the game wanted to be left alone in their hiding
place, never found.
We're often like that with God and faith. We get off track spiritually and duck
for cover out of shame or embarrassment or exasperation with ourselves. But
we're hoping God will come looking for us, like he did when Adam and Eve sinned
in the garden.
Like David writes in Psalm 119:76, "I have wandered away like a lost sheep; come
and find me, for I have not forgotten your commands" (NLT), we wander but we
have not forgotten."
Children do this with parents, friends do this with friends, husband do this
with wives; we hide wanting to be found.
We wander away and hide because of a misunderstanding, a miscommunication, or
our own misplaced desire. Yet, our memory of what we've wander away from
persists and tugs us to not stay hid. We recall the many moments of joy shared
with our spouse, the many moments of acceptance by friends, the patient care
extended by parents and we want to be found.
Distracted from faith, we recall the sacrifice and gift of our Savior and our
heart longs to be reclaimed. All we need to do when we feel that tug is turn,
and there He is; our Savior seeking us, his one lost sheep.
Come out, come out wherever you are. Turn. Seek. Find and be found, again and
again.
-- Stephen R. Clark
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Stephen (Stephen@StephenRClark.com) resides in Fishers, Indiana and operates
FishersWorship.com and FishersFind.com. He is a professional writer and
communications consultant.
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