My girls get so excited when dad comes home, they often
run and hide behind the curtains, doors, under the stairs. Same old places we
know they will be, but places they believe or think they can't be
found... I like the fun of hide and seek, the thrill when we find them and
the let’s do it again.
We also play hide and seek as adults, often when we've
done something we aren't proud of, we go away and refuse to communicate with
whoever it is we have wronged. Or when we are wronged, we may hide from those
who have wronged us.
Hide and seek is no fun when a wrongful act is
involved, there's no thrill when the one you've wronged is looking for you.
Maybe it's a friend you've wronged or a friend who has wronged you, either way
someone hides and does not want to be found.
Hide and seek started in the garden of Eden, when man did
wrong and the Lord of the garden came calling. They heard His voice and
ran away, they knew they had done wrong and did not want to be found.
They hid because they were ashamed, they couldn’t stand
and defend themselves since they no reason for their action, they wanted to be
left alone. To sulk and deal with the consequences later. They did not want to
be found; I think they knew he would find them but went hiding anyway.
He knew what they had done, he also knew where they were
hiding. Unlike the hide and seek kids play, this was no fun, there was no
thrill or delightful squeals at being found. They wanted to be left alone to
hide in shame.
It was no thrill to the Lord of the garden either,
how would you feel if you found out that your kids had done something you told
them not to do, and are now in hiding from you as a result. As a human being, I
would be annoyed, not only did they disobeyed me, but couldn't even face up to
me.
I think God was grieved at their disobedience as
well.
He knew sin had driven them into hiding and he came
looking and wanted to restore them to himself, despite their sin.
Since that day at the garden, the Lord has tried every
way possible to restore man to fellowship and sweet communion with
himself.
He tried the bloods of bulls and cows, priests acted as
mediators, sacrifices were offered and burnt offerings were brought, nothing
was enough, until he came and gave himself. He came to where man was
hiding and brought him out.
He took us by the hand and led us to safety
He made him better, he was not angry at man but wanted to
restore fellowship
His birth was his entry
His death was the death of man's sin
His resurrection was man's rebirth.
Love was the reason, relationship and restoration the
result. Assurance of forgiveness guarantee.
Are you still hiding from him? Look to his birth and
beyond to his death, then to his resurrection
You are free.
He's already found you
He calls out to you, not angry, but with love, for him,
there's no thrill in the sin which drove man to hide, the thrill was the
restoration his resurrection brought, man was His again.
This is Love, true unexplainable love...
Happy Valentine's Day
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