"ready or not, here I come....."
This is what my daughters would shout out in the backyard as we played rounds and rounds of Hide and Seek. They're 5 years apart, so I played this for many years from when they were both ages 2-6. It was one of their favorite indoor and outdoor games. How they would giggle and laugh out loud as I came closer and closer and scooped them up saying "Found you!".
These memories came over me this morning when I was contemplating on the Scripture from Psalm 119 where David writes (most Biblical scholars believe it was David who wrote this particular psalm although this one is "unknown") that He has "hidden" the Word of God in his heart.
God's Words are so powerful that they can actually prevent people from sinning.
When we "hide" something in our hearts, it's tucked away. This takes many forms of course: reading the Scriptures, memorizing Scripture verses, meditating and/or journaling the Scripture, praying it over yourself or on behalf of someone....basically applying it to our lives.
Just like my little girls would hide away from me, in order for me to find them, so too should we hide away the Scriptures in our hearts so that we can find God......we look for God in His Word. And we find him there.
Jeremiah says:
When we are focused on God...with our whole hearts...truly seeking Him, we are less likely to not give in to temptations or to not become self-focused.
When we know the Word...truly know it and live it outloud, those times of finding God will be so precious and meaningful. We will be practicing the Presence of God. It's something I crave more and more each day.
and when I hide His Word in my heart,
He will "scoop me up" in His arms and I can shout "You found me".
Are you hiding the Word in your heart today?
5 comments:
Hi Faith, that is one of the verses I am using for my Bible journaling group tomorrow since the theme is seeking the Lord and the Lord guiding you to Him. Deut 4:29 says the same thing. He calls us to be obedient to Him and His teachings. Have you ever read the Left Behind series? I have read it twice. Moses warned the people to love God and follow Him only. Have a nice week!
Hi Susan! I read the Left Behind series when they first came out in the 1990s. We made it to book 4 and then got bored with them. I loved the first 2.
To answer your question, where I work, more times than not, one has to hide their Christian beliefs, and I don't like too. It is a very dangerous world we live in...and then I think that the good Lord does NOT want us to hide...
this is more about Hiding the Word (Scriptures) in your heart...so that you really get to KNOW God and can pull up those Scriptures in the hard times...like at your job!! :)
Good post. Yes, we need to read and study scripture so that we can keep itin our heart and mind. Thanks for this excellent post.
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