Hiding

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Yesterday I was at the park on my daily power walk and passed a young mother with a little boy. He was about 5 or 6 years old and was lallygagging behind her like any little boy would on a beautiful day in the park. I noticed them from about 30 yards away and as I got closer she called to him to catch up, (I think she was trying to make sure he didn't get in my way) as she did she put her hand back as a visual aid to make her point. So what does he do? He pulls his shirt up over his face and halfheartedly starts running toward her like; if she can't see me maybe I don't have to catch up. I had to laugh.

Have you ever pulled your shirt over your face? Sure, we all have at one time or another, kids do it when playing around, soccer players do it when the ref makes a bad call, we hide. But what happens? We can't see very well. We can see shapes and outlines through the holes between the fibers but we really can't see anything with clarity. And sometimes that's what we do when God calls us. We partially hide ourselves with busyness, excuses, fear, etc...

What would happen today if we didn't hide? What would happen today if we truly looked for the visual aids that God is giving us when He calls? What would happen today if we pulled the shirt down so we could see His hand reaching out to us? What would happen today if we acted like men and not 5 year old boys?

What would happen today...?