When I was a child and got together with a group of friends my own age, my favorite game was hide-and-seek.
You probably remember the way it went. You chose a base. Someone was chosen to be "It." That person hid their eyes and counted to a certain number—50 or 100—while the others ran and hid. Then "It" would yell, "Ready or not, here I come!" and would start to try to find the others. If "It" spotted someone he would run to the base and yell, "1-2-3 on so-and-so!" If someone that was hidden saw a chance they would run to the base before "It" could see them. Then they would yell "SAFE!"
If you are still hidden in sin, you need to run to the Lord Jesus Christ and accept Him as your own personal Savior and then you can yell SAFE! and you will be safe for all eternity. Isa. 55:66Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: (Isaiah 55:6) says, "Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near."
Luke 19:1010For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. (Luke 19:10) tells us: "The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." The Lord Jesus Christ is seeking for you and so is the devil. He wants to ruin your life and cause you to spend eternity in hell. "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." 1 Peter 5:88Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (1 Peter 5:8).
It is no longer just the game of life. We're talking about FOREVER. Are you going to be forever SAVED or forever LOST? It is up to you. Are you willing to exchange a few years enjoying the pleasures of sin for an eternity of "weeping and gnashing of teeth" in hell? Or do you want peace now and an eternity of peace and joy in heaven with the Lord?
I remember that many times while playing hide-and-seek someone would find a particularly good place to hide. Sometimes we would finally give up trying to find them and go off to do something else. Sometimes it would take so long that the person who was hiding would go to sleep. Don't you be like that and wait too long before you come out of hiding and seek the Lord!
There is coming a time when it will be too late. The "game" will be over! The Lord is coming back some day very soon, to take His own to be with Himself in glory. Will you be SAFE, or sorry?
Prov. 1:28, 24-2628Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: (Proverbs 1:28)
24Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: 26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; (Proverbs 1:24‑26) says, "Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at naught [disregarded] all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh.... Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me." Then it will be too late to seek the Lord. Seek Him NOW while there is yet time.