Hide & Seek

Hide & Seek

Come out, come out wherever you are!  Sometimes easier said than done.  As a game, it's lots of fun.  But when it is not longer a game, it's not always quite so enjoyable.

1 Kings 19 tells a story of a man, Elijah, who found himself in the midst a situation that left him feeling like his best option was to run and hide - to get out of sight - to get away from the things in his life that felt so threatening and overwhelming that his confidence was gone and his options seemed limited.  Ever felt like running and hiding?

It might be easier to understand if this moment came at the end of a long series of discouraging failures.  In this case, however, this moment came after a long series of events that were quite successful.  Moments of discouragement, or anxiety, or even the overwhelming urge to throw in the towel and run don't always announce themselves so we can see them coming.  We don't always know exactly why we react the way we do.

Elijah runs.  His wishes it could all be over.  He says and thinks things that only a few days before would have seemed impossible to him.  And so Elijah runs and hides.  Sometimes, so do we.

In the sermon, Pastor Saul explores Elijah's story with us, inviting us to think about Elijah's moments of running and hiding, and perhaps ours as well.  And, as we listen to God's voice, asking us, "What are you doing here?", we catch some glimpses of the God who pursues us when we run, and finds us where we hide, and shares with us what we most need to hear.

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