Keep Track of God’s Involvement in the Every Day—Part 6
Sightings of the King (continued…)
Hide-and-seek is a universal game. Everyone’s played it at one time or another. In the Scriptures it’s almost as if the Lord invites us to go on a spiritual hide-and-seek. “You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.” That’s Jeremiah writing on God’s behalf to the exiles in Babylon.
“‘I will be found by you!’ declares the Lord” (Jer. 29:13-14). So even when His people are captives in another land, it’s as if the Lord tells them, “Don’t stop looking for Me!”
The “fun factor” in looking for God comes out in a verse like Psalm 105:3, “Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.” And we do rejoice frequently when we see the Lord working in our lives.
“Seek and you will find.” That’s how Jesus issued the challenge in His Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 7:7). He was talking about the reality of His now-and-future kingship.
As I expressed earlier, one of the most pleasurable aspects of my own involvement in Christ’s kingdom is writing down each day what I call my “God Hunt sightings.” These are occasions when I see the Lord acting in my behalf in a special way, and I choose to attribute the events to Him. In our family we’ve come up with four categories that help define what we’re talking about.
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