God Is Looking For You

A telephone solicitor heard the voice of a young boy on the other end of the phone.

"Can I speak to your mom?"

"No, she is busy!"

"Can I speak to your dad?"

"No he is busy too!"

"What are mom and dad doing that keeps them so busy?"

"They are helping the firemen and the police here at the house."

"What are the fireman and police doing at your house?"

"Looking for me" said the little boy.

Have you ever realized how God is looking for you?

God searches out Adam and Eve in the garden. They have eaten the forbidden fruit after the conversation with the talking snake. They realize they are naked. I am not sure whether it is the nakedness or the fear of disobeying God (or both!) that leads them to hide from God. But God finds them.

Jesus tells three lost stories in the Gospel of Luke. There is the lost sheep where the shepherd loses one and leaves the ninety nine. Then there is the lost coin that a woman turns her house upside down to find. Finally there is the lost son that the Father runs to meet when the son comes to his senses. The Father gains the son that has come home only to lose the son that has been there all along.

We like to think that God has more to care about than each one of us. But it simply is not true. God will not rest until ALL of the world is found.

When my son, Noah was a little boy he loved to play hide and seek. When he was annoying his sisters, they loved to play hide and seek with him. But he was not good at the game. All you had to do is say, "Noah, where are you?" His little voice wherever he was would answer, "Over here!" If you did not find him in a short period of time, he would come out from his hiding place.

You may be in hiding. You may think God is not looking for you. But you are wrong. God is always searching for you. God is always wooing you back to where you should be. You can always be found by God.

Pray for me as I pray for you.