John 12:46
I came into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness.
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During brownouts, especially at night, , me and my playmates would go out of the house and play one of our favorite games – hide and seek.
In our place, there were a lot of places where one can hide – inside a jeepney, behind or inside a trash can (yes, one of us tried hiding inside it once, that is why in the next round, we were able to identify his location by his smelly scent), garage, on top of trees, behind the fences, and yes, inside a drum filled with water.
Everyone is quietly hiding until a scream would fill the air, “Pung, taya!” (meaning “I have found you!”).
But sometimes, I would got scared of the dark that I would have myself seen by the seeker or say, “andito ako!” (“I am here”) so I could finally get out of the dark. It doesn’t matter if I would be the next seeker, for sometimes it is better to be the hunter, than the hunted.
Through our lives, we have been constantly seeking for God - in the hope that we might feel Him and find Him. But we do not have to go far and look for Him in the darkness. If we can only open our hearts, we can hear Him saying, “I am here”, yes, in our hearts. For in Him we live and move and have our being.
We try to seek Him, not because He got lost, but because we tried to hide from Him. Let us find Him now and get out of the darkness we are in. There is always this longing in our hearts for Him. We knew that we wouldn't be complete unless we are with Him and loving Him fully.
Let us all be glad and jump for joy that He allowed us to find Him.
Oh Lord, we realize that everything in the world is meaningless unless we obey Your will. We can gain money and possession, but they don't satisfy our needs. In our death, those will all fall away and mean nothing. So, we look up to the heavens as You call upon us, exclaiming, “Here I am.”
O God, let all the nations praise you!
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