I saw some children playing outside this dusk. How is it that such a normal activity has become rare? How wonderful it used to be to play until dark or until someone’s mother stood on the porch and called for her children to come inside. Hide and Seek was my favorite. One had the option of hiding so one could not be found or hiding close to home base so you could race to the base before the person who was “it.” If you hid really well the only way to get you to come out was the call, “Allee, allee, in free.”
“Allee, allee, in free.” This is the message of Jesus. People try to hide from Him and He calls out, “Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”
“Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
“Whosoever lives and believes in me shall never die.”
“Whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
Please note the continued use of “whosoever.” The New Testament is filled with the use of this word. Please note there are no gender, no racial, no educational, no age and no national restrictions.
Jesus is calling out “Allee, allee, in free.”
This is one of those cases when free wasn’t free. Jesus paid a huge price to be able to make this offer. He is “it.” He is the one who hunts the hiders. He wants to catch us and make us “it” so we can also become hunters of the hiders. Before He left He gave the great Gospel Commission for us to go and hunt hiders. It is our privilege to join Him in the greatest quest of all time; find the hiders.
Written by Roger Bothwell on June 9, 2010
Spring of Life Ministry, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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