INTRODUCTION

We recently got a puppy.

• And one of his favorite games is: “You can’t catch me.”
• It usually begins when he finds something he knows he should not have.

The moment he realizes I have noticed…

• he looks at me.
• I look at him.
• And then he takes off.
• Around the room.
• Under the table.
• Behind the furniture.
• Holding tightly to whatever he found.

Because in his mind: I have something. You want it. So I’m running.

• He does not understand that I may be trying to protect him.
• He only knows that the closer I get…
• the tighter he should hold.

And watching him, I started thinking: How often do we do the same thing with God?

• God draws near to us
• our money…
• our time…