Thursday, March 19, 2015

Hide And Seek

It’s always a time of joy filled with delightful experiences when our grandchildren come to visit. Their youthful exuberance and innocent behavior fills our home with laughter and many unexpected surprises. One of their favorite games is one most of us enjoyed when we were children: hide and seek. They find nooks and crannies, closets and furniture as “obvious” places to hide and then count from one to ten out loud. “Ready or not, here I come!” is the usual cry before the search begins.

It only takes a few minutes before the one hiding is found by the one seeking. There is no territory in our home that they have not discovered. They know where to look to find their siblings.

Often we attempt to “hide” our deeds from God, thinking there may be a place where He cannot find us. We break His laws and turn our backs on His teachings and try to rationalize or even generalize our behavior: “You know God, everyone does it so it’s not all that bad.” Or, “Well, God, the devil made me do it because You didn’t stop Him.”

Unfortunately, those excuses will not change the facts of Scripture. “The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord that sheds light on one’s inmost being.” This “spirit” points back to Creation when “God breathed the breath of life into man” making him different and distinct from animals.

Obviously, if God created us He certainly must know us, understand us and have access to our inmost thought and desires.

When God ignites His lamp and searches our “inmost being” it’s “game over.” He Himself conducts the investigation and knows exactly where to look. While we may attempt to hide our thoughts and desires from God, He knows exactly where to look!

Prayer:  Father, we cannot hide from Your eye when Your turn Your lamp on us and search our hearts. Cleanse us through Christ. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Scripture for Today: Proverbs 20:27 The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord that sheds light on one’s inmost being.

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