This is the first entry in Thor's Day Thunderings (see Thematic Post entry for explanation).
One of the neatest abilities
of God is the fact that He can hide himself. I know what you are thinking. How
can someone who is omnipresent (everywhere at the same time), omnipotent (all
powerful), and omniscient (knows everything) hide? The short answer is, I don’t
know.
However, the Bible tells us
He does. Isaiah 45:15 (KJV) Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of
Israel, the Saviour.
Isaiah 55:6 (KJV) Seek ye
the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
I believe the explanation is
quite simple. He is hiding in plain sight.
I recalled watching a video
a few years ago. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo) In the clip two
sets of people, one dressed in black, one dressed in white, were passing a ball
between like-dressed individuals. Prior to watching the clip you are told to
only count the number of times the ball is passed between members wearing the
white clothing.
They play the clip and then
ask questions about what you “saw”. How many times did the ball bounce between
people dressed in white? Did you see anything unusual?
They play the clip a second
time and ask that you not count the bouncing balls, but just watch the people
as they mill around. A person wearing a gorilla suit walks right through the
middle of the crowd … slowly. They made no attempt to hide or in any way avoid
being seen. They even pause in the middle of the group, look at the camera, and
beat on their chest. Most people never see the gorilla the first time because
they are focused on their agenda, or the agenda given them by others.
Bottom line: we see that for
which we are looking. We hear that for which we are listening.
Like the gorilla in the
video, God is right in the middle of everything we experience in life. It is up
to us to see Him there. Remember, He said, "Seek and you shall find." When we do we discover His purpose in every activity we
engage ourselves. Life becomes so much more interesting. Nothing is mundane
when God is in it.
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