Eric Lucan

Did you enjoy playing hide and seek when you were a kid?  I remember everyone always fighting over who got to hide and who had to seek.  Everyone always preferred to hide, and no one liked to be the seeker.  Why?  Seeking involves work and that work doesn't end until you find someone.  I think the game of hide and seek can often parallel how we live out our Christianity.  However, it is important to remember a few rule variations for playing hide and seek with God.

#1 - Never Hide when the Seeker is All-Knowing: In the game of hide and seek, there is a great joy in finding the ultimate hiding place-a place that even the best seekers can never find.  However, in our walk with the Lord no such hiding places exist.  Psalm 139:7-8 says "Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there." If we can't hide from Him, then that means we must be the seeker.

#2 - Peeking is Allowed and Encouraged: One of the most notable rules of hide and seek is "No Peeking".  However, if we are the seeker, it is vital that we not only peek but that we never take our eyes off of the Lord.  When God can't be found, many assume God is hiding, but God doesn't hide from us.  Instead, we just take our eyes off of Him.  During Josiah's reign, the entire nation had taken their eyes off the Lord, but 2 Chronicles 24:3 records that in the 8^th year of Josiah's reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the Lord.  If we have taken our eyes off of Him, it is time to seek again.

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