Hide and Seek
11/21/07 09:22 AM Filed in: Daily
Devotionals | In Our
Fathers Hands
The following
devotional was taken from
"In Our Father's
Hands" and written by Justin
Hatfield.
April 1
Daily Bible Reading: Psalms 38-39; Proverbs 8:12-21
Hide and seek
Devotional Text: Proverbs 8:17
The person in the other room begins counting to ten loudly. ONE, you run to the next room. TWO, you don’t like what you find here so you move on. THREE, you run to your bedroom. FOUR, it’s too dark in here, it won’t work. FIVE, running to Mom and Dad’s room, you notice the coat closet. SIX, open the door and yes! There might be enough room. SEVEN, you squeeze into the back, past all the old shoes. EIGHT, you reach out and close the door. NINE, you try to get real still so you don’t make any noise. TEN, you hear them say, “Ready or not here I come!” This is the most exciting part! Hearing them out there, searching around for you in all the wrong places. Are you in the bedroom, NO. Are you in the bathroom, NO. And then finally: Are you in the CLOSET? THERE YOU ARE!!
By far the most exciting part about playing hide and seek is being found. You wait and wait for them to find you and when they do, it is the greatest thing in the world. Because we all really want to be found, don’t we? God is exactly the same way. He waits for us to find Him. He loves us with all His heart and wants us to find Him. God tells us that if we look for him long enough, if we look for him hard enough, we will find Him. And when we do He will bless us beyond our imaginations!
“Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you” (Matthew 7:7).
Daily Bible Reading: Psalms 38-39; Proverbs 8:12-21
Hide and seek
Devotional Text: Proverbs 8:17
The person in the other room begins counting to ten loudly. ONE, you run to the next room. TWO, you don’t like what you find here so you move on. THREE, you run to your bedroom. FOUR, it’s too dark in here, it won’t work. FIVE, running to Mom and Dad’s room, you notice the coat closet. SIX, open the door and yes! There might be enough room. SEVEN, you squeeze into the back, past all the old shoes. EIGHT, you reach out and close the door. NINE, you try to get real still so you don’t make any noise. TEN, you hear them say, “Ready or not here I come!” This is the most exciting part! Hearing them out there, searching around for you in all the wrong places. Are you in the bedroom, NO. Are you in the bathroom, NO. And then finally: Are you in the CLOSET? THERE YOU ARE!!
By far the most exciting part about playing hide and seek is being found. You wait and wait for them to find you and when they do, it is the greatest thing in the world. Because we all really want to be found, don’t we? God is exactly the same way. He waits for us to find Him. He loves us with all His heart and wants us to find Him. God tells us that if we look for him long enough, if we look for him hard enough, we will find Him. And when we do He will bless us beyond our imaginations!
“Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you” (Matthew 7:7).
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