Hide and Seek

Day 12: People of the Resurrection

 

The sun seemed to hide behind the clouds today and I was constantly seeking to find it and relish in its warmth. This cat and mouse game made me think about the game that God and I have played the last 13 days. Admittedly, this game is one-sided, but it has been fun. Some days are easy, He practically knocks me over the head with His wonder and His glory. Other days I search, and search, and search, and ...

We have played this game a long time, God and I. Years even. In fact, it wasn't all that long ago that he enabled me, through his spirit, to really find him and know him like never before in my life. But it wasn't until the past 13 days, when I tried to find him for the sake of living as people of the resurrection that I became conscious of this pursuit. I attribute some of this consciousness to the fact that I feel that, at least in part, I want to show YOU where God has worked in my life so you can see Him more easily on yours. So I seek and find Him, in a Naviation System, in a marriage, in my Memory Foam Pillow, in a bowl of fruit and, of course in the little wooden cross in my pocket.

The funny thing is when I search it is He who finds Me. I often work so hard trying to find him, that I miss what He has been busy doing all the time. I start out thinking it will be my hard work, discipline, practice, prayer and searching that will find Him waiting for me. In fact, in all my haste to find Him, I forget to turn around, to pause, to see that He is there pursuing me.

Ann Voskamp spoke at the 2013 "Set Apart" Conference in St. Paul Minnesota last month. One of the most memorable things she shared was that the Hebrew word for follow in Psalm 23:6 (Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.) actually interprets best as the word PURSUE. Goodness and Mercy are pursuing us. He wants goodness and mercy to be a part of our EVERYDAY. They are trying to catch us and we evade them with speed and with pride. When it comes down to it, I have to ask, who really is hiding and who is seeking?