Hide and seek is a favorite childhood game, but it should carry over into adulthood.

"He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it." (Matthew 10:39)

The irony of life is that those who seem to "have it all together" are those who will potentially lose it all, but those who have given their lives away for the cause of Christ and the Kingdom will ultimately find their lives. What we give away in the spiritual realm is never truly lost.

We've probably all heard of "random acts of kindness". Kingdom citizens are called to "random acts of Kingdom service and sacrifice". Through such selfless acts we hide our lives from the world but truly find ourselves spiritually.

One of the best illustrations of losing one's life is the example of a seed sown. The act of losing, or hiding, a seed in the ground is the only way of growth and abundant harvest. And so it is in life - to keep and hoard our life for selfish purposes is to eventually lose that which we have, but to "sow" our lives in Kingdom service is to eventually reap an abundant crop.

I won't suggest specifics, but I will encourage each of us to consider one "random act of Kingdom service" that we can commit today. As we offer ourselves in Kingdom service through the prayer, "You Kingdom come; Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven", we offer ourselves to be used according to this supremely important purpose. And we can be assured of specific promptings toward that one "random act of Kingdom service" that He has for us today.

Steve