Hide ’n Seek is an interesting game. All but one person, who’s “It”, hide and stay silent while the It counts to 100. When the It is done counting, he goes looking for the hiders. When he finds one, he announces that this person is now “It” and all the rest can come out from their hiding places to begin again.
Sometimes I hide from God. I know He is looking for me but I remain quiet and do not wish to be found. Then someone in my life gets found and comes out from hiding. Perhaps they begin a Bible study and invite me, or read a book and share it with me, or perhaps they’ve just seen a great light at the end of a dark night of their soul and long to tell me about their journey. Perhaps one of these things happens and they call to me to come out from my hiding place and join them in gathering around God once more.
Why was I hiding in the first place? How could I think that stepping out of God’s radiant light could lead to anything but loss and confusion? Maybe I wanted to be pursued. Maybe I wanted to be missed or longed for. But meanwhile, I long for God, yearn for His eyes to fall upon me, for His hand to reach out and lift me from my hovel. God is It. He is always It.
Can a man hide himself in hiding places so I do not see him?” declares the LORD “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD. Jeremiah 23:24
Meeting God at the Park 