Act 17:27 that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,
In the hope that they might feel their way, the KJV reads to "feel after" The Bishops bible from 1568 reads "that perhaps they might have felt and found Him". The Greek word used to capture that phrase is: psēlaphaō that is, verify by contact; figuratively to search for: - feel after, handle, touch.
To feel after God, to search Him out through the sense of touch…..We have all been in the dark. The power has gone out, the lights get turned off, or it is so dark at night that you just can't see. What is the first thing you start looking for? Light. You have to find the light, your body craves it, your eyes strain for it, and your hands search out the surroundings looking for the flashlight, the switch, or the door knob. I went down into a cave once on a tour. When the group was well into the earth, they asked us to stand still, and they turned out the lights. It was the darkest I have ever seen…or I guess I should say have not seen. All I could think, was please turn the lights on, thanks! When the lights came back up, the tour guide pointed to the ceiling. You could see black circles of stained limestone. The guide explained that is where the original people who found the cave came down and their candles burnt the roof of the cave. Sometimes the candles would go out. Sometimes the people would get lost in the cave, and with no light they would wander in the darkness. If they were lucky enough to be found, it was not uncommon for the people to have gone insane. Driven insane by the darkness…… How dark is it in your world? Has your candle gone out, and you are wandering in the darkness? I know I feel that was sometimes. And it is this scripture that comes to mind. Feel your way towards God, and find him. You have to find the light, your body craves it. That empty feeling you get sometimes…..it is your body crying out to be filled with the love, and peace of God. Your eyes strain to see God in everything around you…..and if your eyes are opened, and you allow yourself to see, you too will find that He is not far form each one of us. The Lord is always close by, it is just that our world is so dark, that we have to reach our hands out and feel our way to Him. If you will do that, if you will search for Him, feel for Him, you will find Him, and your world will be washed in the Light. We all venture into caves every now and then….and every now and then our candles do go out. Feel your way, search for him, and choose to never live in the darkness again!
God Bless,
Brian Thetford
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