Hide And Seek

The question is...were you a better hider or a better seeker?  Hide and seek is one of the games that I'm betting has been played since the beginning of time and will be until the end of time.  We might even get to play in Heaven! 

Growing up, my brother and I played hide and seek quite a bit.  Being boys, we always mixed it up a bit and had some type of weaponry available to pummel each other with once the ambush was sprung.  Did you ever hide so good that nobody could find you?  Or maybe you waited for them to search a spot and then, when they weren't looking, you went and re-hid yourself where they had already searched.  Devious, right?  If you are good at hiding it makes it really tough for people to find you.  But if you are a great seeker, then there is almost no way you can't eventually find your target!

Read this passage from Hosea:

Sow for yourselves righteousness,
reap the fruit of unfailing love,
and break up your unplowed ground;
for it is time to seek the LORD,
until he comes and showers righteousness on you. -- Hosea 10:12

Sometimes it can seem like God is hiding, can't it?  No matter where we look, we just can't seem to find Him.  But the thing is, while I'm sure God could hide very, very well...He usually doesn't.  We are supposed to be able to find Him.  So you say, "if it's so stinking easy then why can't I seem to make it happen?"

I think this verse speaks to that.  It kinda looks to me like a set of instructions...a bit of a treasure map if you will.  I think what it's telling us to be prepared for the search.  Sow righteousness (read the Bible), reap unfailing love (Jesus), break up your unplowed ground (be ready to grow!) and then you will be ready for the blessings that come when you win the game of Hide And Seek!!!