This past week Baptist churches all across Kentucky started passing out bags to every home in a campaign called "Find It Here". We have been getting ready for this important ministry as well. In the midst of preparing and praying, I have been thinking about the theme of this event. It immediately brought my mind to a childhood game we used to play called "Hide and Seek". One person would close their eyes and count to predetermined number and the rest would scatter off and find the best place to hide. Then the counter, or the seeker, would begin their search to find the people who were hiding. Once they found one of them, then the game really picked up. The one who found the "hider" would try to tag them before they made it to base. It was so frustrating to work so hard to find someone just to watch them out run you to the base. Then you had to start all over again trying to find someone else until you were able to not only find them but also be able to catch them once you found them.
A lot times I feel like my relationship with God is a lot like Hide and Seek. It feels like He is hiding from me, and when I do finally find Him, I have a hard time trying to catch Him. This can be troubling because we read in His Word, "If you seek after Me, you will find Me." That sounds so simple, right? Then why does it seem so hard?
When I played Hide and Seek, I would find someone, then chase after them. When I chased after them I would inevitably find someone else and leave the one I was chasing to try and catch this new and hopefully slower (easier) hider.
Seeking after God is easy, continually pursuing Him is not so much. There seems to be easier ways to find what we are looking for but in the process we miss out on what we really need. And here's a hint about this chasing God thing. He's running away from you, He leading you to something better. You see, God's favorite game is not "Hide and Seek", it's "Follow the Leader"!
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