Job 23:3 “Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come to His seat!”
GOD DOESN’T PLAY GAMES
Who doesn’t like a good game of hide and seek? Kids have played it for generation. There is something exciting about hiding in a spot and hearing the “it” try to find you. But for the “it” it can be quite frustrating, especially if you keep being “it”. (Okay, that is enough “its”. LOL) When people hide so good you can’t find them or run back to “home” before you can tag them, it can be very defeating.
Some people, like Job here in this verse, feel like God is hiding from them. When they go through hard times, they think God has taken a vacation or has turned off his ears to them. That is so not true. You see, Job’s perception of God at this point in the book has been marred by his physical and emotional suffering. He has allowed the circumstances of life to blind him. God was still there. He was just waiting for Job to see Him.
TEACHING MOMENT
If there is one attribute of God that our children need to learn it is this – that God is always there. He is omnipresent. He can be every all the time. I do not begin to understand that, but I believe it. Our children need to understand that when they go through hard times (and they will) God has not gone anywhere. More times than not, we have taken our eyes off of Him. We are looking in the wrong direction.
As believers, we don’t have to try to find the Lord. He dwells within us through His Holy Spirit. We only have to stop and get quiet. We have to allow Him to speak. Sometimes that means we need to find a place that is free from all the noise of life. Sometimes that means we get into the Word (which is always a good way to hear Him) and read. He will speak. He does to me everyday through His written Word.
A Moment In Time 