When my five nieces and nephews were small, we played hide and seek during our weekly family gatherings in Hong Kong. They loved having me hide so all of them could look for me. I always hid where I could be found, but not too easily. Their joy was in searching for me and then finally finding me.
I can still hear their exclamations of joy when they discovered where I was. God wants us to know him. But he doesn't crash into our lives with bright lights or loud thunder. He could, you know. We would be terrified and would tremble in fear. That's not the response God wants.
No. He wants us to feel loved and to respond. He wants us to come to him because we desire Him. God touches our lives with his love and waits for our response. For a love relationship to be real, it has to be mutual. God reveals enough for us to know he loves us and then waits for us to seek him with all our hearts.
And what joy when we seek him and find him. Jeremiah 29:13-14 the new king James Version and you will seek Me and find me. When you search for me with all your heart, I will be found by you, says the Lord. This is the daily process God desires morning after morning of seeking and finding God.
God wants you to know love. Real, unconditional, never fading, never failing. Love. This kind of love no man ever created. This is the kind of love that comes only from God. The kind of love Holy Spirit will create in you. Through this process.