Playing Hide 'n Seek with God the Father

My friend Warren shared a story about God the Father playing hide ‘n seek with us. David Ferguson of Intimate Life ministries shared how God the Father waits for us to awake every day. It is with these two sources, that I share with you a story for all of us who struggle with relating to God the Father. Maybe because of our earthly father. Maybe because of something else….

Imagine, you wake up from a wonderful sleep. As you’re still rolling around in bed, with sleep in your eyes, there’s a tap at the door and it your heavenly Father. You can tell in a second that He adores you. He tells you to come get breakfast and then you two will go play outside. He makes you a wonderful breakfast, laughing with you, making jokes, always with that gleam in His eye for you.

After breakfast, you and He go outside to the yard out front. He says that you two are going to play hide ‘n seek. Before you can utter a word, He has you close your eyes. As you stand still with your eyes closed, all of the fears of the world converge on you. The world feels dark and scary. You feel so lonely, so fragile. As you imagine that you’ll never be able to find your dad, the emotions become too much. You open your eyes and scream out, “Daddy, where are you?”

The yard is large. There is one tiny twig of a tree standing in the middle of it. From your view, you can see the large towering figure of Him standing behind it, extending from both sides of the tree. With all of your energy and tears running down your cheeks, you run to the tree. You look up at your Father and touch his arm. He opens his eyes, looks down at you, and says with delight, “You found me!”
And what a rush of relief, delight, and love you feel.

You have your Father and He has never left you. He wants you to find Him, but you must open your eyes and look. Your Father TRULY delights in you. Believe this.