It was Francis Thompson,who wrote a poem called,' The Hound of heaven', it is about the pursuit of the human soul by God's love. God follow's the fleeing soul ,and by His divine grace,until the soul turns to God alone, in that ever ending pursuit'. (These words are not mine) Here are few lines from this poem,
' I fled Him ,down the nights,and down the days;
I fled Him, down the archers of the years,
I fled Him ,down the labyrinthine ways,
Of my own mind, and in the midst of tears,
I hid from Him,and under running laughter'
When Adam and Eve sinned,they hid from God,and we their sons and daughters have followed in our parents footsteps..We think that we are good at running and hiding from our Creator.be that as it may, God in mercy has intervened,and has been seeking us runaways. In Ezekiel 34 v 15 -16,the Sovereign Lord declares.'I will search for the lost'.Why did Jesus come? ,'to seek and to save that which is lost'(Luke 19 v 10 )He had to do that, for we told,' there is no one who seeks God (Romans 3 v 11) His seeking is the divine initiative,we keep running He keeps seeking until He finds the sheep that is lost,and brings it home rejoicing. Ah but what a price he had to pay, He lay down His life for the sheep,oh the suffering He endured,why did He do that?love ,yes love so great that He who was equal with God,give up His divine privileges,made Himself nothing but a servant,and became obedient unto death,even death on a cross (Philippians 2 v 5- 8)
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