Hello and thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15.

As I said yesterday, in 2014, I wrote the book, The Pleasure of His Company,

Easily My Best.

It is a devotional on connecting with God's heart.

I did several posts from the book a couple of years back.

We received our best responses from this short series.

So for a few days, I'm doing posts from the book. Then as always, we will pray.

Today's post is titled The Discovery. Yesterday we saw God as a seeker, always searching for those who have hearts that want to know him.

The reciprocal must be true as well.

In any true relationship, there can only be fulfillment if the pursuit is both ways.

When it is, the seeking becomes an exciting adventure and leads to the joy of discovery.

Judging by kids, there's something born into our hearts that makes us enjoy the pursuit, whether it's a treasure hunt, an Easter

hunt, or hide-and-seek, the build-up of anticipation and expectation adds a sense of mystique

to the process, and the search becomes an adventure.

I started playing hide and seek indoors with my daughters, Sarah and Hannah, when they were toddlers.

Early on, they weren't good at it.

I could always find places to hide where they couldn't find me under a blanket, closet, under a table.

Wanting them to enjoy the game, however, I would make small noises to reveal my hiding place.

They would fling open the door or jerk back the blanket and shriek for joy as I acted bummed out because they'd found me.

They knew, of course, I wasn't really upset, just having fun.

I actually loved it when they found me.

God plays hide and seek with his kids as well, and he too loves it when we find him. If you seek him, he will let you find him, said Azari. Isn't that interesting? If you seek him, he will let you find him, said Azariah. Isn't that interesting? If you seek him, he will let you find him,

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