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marbella3 70F
2483 posts
10/17/2014 4:25 am

Last Read:
10/20/2014 5:17 am

From Peeker to Seeker




Read: Jonah 1:1–2:2

I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction, and He answered me. €”Jonah 2:2

Bible in a Year:
Isaiah 50-52; 1 Thessalonians 5

When our was too young to walk or crawl, she created a way to hide from people when she wanted to be left alone or wanted her own way. She simply closed her eyes. Kathryn reasoned that anyone she couldn'€™t see also couldn'€™t see her. She used this tactic in her car seat when someone new tried to say hello; she used it in her highchair when she didn'€™t like the food; she even used it when we announced it was bedtime.

Jonah had a more grown-up strategy of hiding, but it wasn'€™t any more effective than our '€™s. When God asked him to do something he didn'€™t want to do, he ran in the opposite direction. But he found out pretty quickly there is no place God couldn'€™t find him. In fact, Scripture is full of stories of God finding people when they didn'€™t necessarily want to be found (Ex. 2:11-€“3:6; 1 Kings 19:1-7; Acts 9:1-19).

Maybe you have tried to hide from God, or maybe you think even God can’t see you. Please know this: If God sees and hears the prayer of a rebellious prophet in the belly of a big fish, then He sees and hears you wherever you are, whatever you'€™ve done. But that'€™s nothing to be afraid of. It's actually a great comfort. He'€™s always there, and He cares!
Thank You, God, that You are there for us.
We hear Your words: €œYou will seek Me
and find Me, when you search for Me
with all your heart” (Jer. 29:13).

We need not fear the troubles around us as long as the eye of the Lord is on us.