Hide and Go Seek

Jeremiah 29:11-13 
For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. (NLT)

Remember playing "hide and go seek" when you were a kid? Or maybe you do now with your own children or grandchildren. The game has been around of hundreds of years and does not require an Internet access or a cell phone! One person is "it" and closes their eyes for a count of whatever while all the other participants hide.

Remember shouting out "Olly olly oxen free"? That was the phrase used to indicate that anyone still hiding could safely come out into the open.

An offshoot of that game is called "sardines" where one hides and all the others look for them. When the person is found, that seeker hides with them as well until all but one seeker remains. The number of those hiding in one place is likened to a can of sardines.

Our Lord knows the plan for our life, but He is not playing "hide and go seek." He will not come looking for us. We are to look wholeheartedly for Him and we will find Him. He will lay out the best plan for each day of our life, a plan to walk with Him into the next layer of life, one step closer to eternity with Him.