OCTOBER 17, 2014
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
When our daughter 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
daughter’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:
“You 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.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
