Hide and Seek With All Your Heart

I remember as a kid playing hide and seek. I never was a big fan of this game, however I do remember playing hide and seek with my friends. The main reason I didnt like the game was because I never could find the absolute best hiding place. I would be hidden in a corner of a closet and sure enough the "seeker" would always find me. I guess my mind isn't creative enough to find the right hiding place so that I would never be found.

There is something about trying to hide and not wanting to be found. Everyday all across the world, there are people that are leaving their families and loved ones to be by themselves. Either by choice or consequence they will never been found by their families again.

It's a great and comforting thought, to me, to know that God is not like that. The God of the universe, the creator of all things, the first and the last, wants us to find Him. Chris Tomlin has an excellent song titled "I Will Follow" (http://christomlin.com/ ). One of the lines of this song says, "You're the one I seek, Knowing I will find, All I need in you alone". Most of the time a King or a well known public figure wants their privacy. They don't want to be seen or heard from or found. Not King Jesus.

"Then you will call my name. You will come to me and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will search for me. And when you search for me with all your heart, you will find me!"

-Jeremiah 29:12-13

WHEN YOU SEARCH FOR ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART YOU WILL FIND ME.

What a great promise we have in Jesus Christ. He's not hiding in a dark closet behind a bunch of old clothes. He's waiting for us to search for him with all our heart, and he has promised that we will find him.

stay HUMBLED

stay FOCUSED

love GOD

love PEOPLE