Seek and Go Hide

“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.” Col. 3:2-3

Growing up my family lived on the outskirts of Lancaster in West Manor in the middle of the woods. It was a great place to play Hide and Go Seek with all of the trees and lack of street lights as in most neighborhoods. I was always the first to want to play but usually quickly became bored with hiding or seeking. I don’t really know if my boredom came from laziness or my lack of heart for the game.

To be hidden in Christ we must first be the seeker. We must search for Him in our lives and search for ways that we can exemplify His walk. The more we seek Him the more we will be hidden. The less we seek Him the more the world will be exemplified in our lives. We will determine for ourselves which master to serve, which life to exemplify and which role model to be for our children.

It’s Always Something by the late Gilda Radner contains a disturbing story of a little dog which I will share with you.

“When I was little, my nurse Dibby’s cousin had a dog, just a mutt, and the dog was pregnant…She was out in the yard one day and got in the way of the lawn mower and her two hind legs got cut off. They rushed her to the vet and he said, ‘I can sew her up, or you can put her to sleep if you want, but the puppies are okay. She’ll be able to deliver the puppies.’ Dibby’s cousin said, ‘Keep her alive.’ So the vet sewed up her backside, and over the next week the dog learned to walk…she just learned to walk by taking two steps in the front and flipping up her backside, and then taking two steps and flipping up her backside again. She gave birth to six little puppies, all in perfect health. She nursed them and then weaned them. And when they learned to walk, they all walked like her.”

Our walk will be determined by whomever we seek out to exemplify. Our deficiencies will be hidden in theirs and our limitations will be based on their perspective much like these little pups. We will learn to walk in the same manner for which the world teaches if we do not seek out Christ in this game called life. If we are hiding from Christ and seeking everything in His place we will lose the game. If people are seeking answers from watching our walk they will always have a limp because our walk is not perfect. Only through seeking and walking with Christ as our Master do we have the perfect example of a spiritual walk.

Now that we are all grown up let’s change that childhood game to Seek and Go Hide.