#32 Tag You’re It
Tag is such a simple game. One person is designated as the tagger, and everyone else runs away as fast as they can. If caught, the tagee becomes a tagger and the cycle repeats itself until everybody has been tagged. Now, according to the rules of the game, you don't want to be tagged… It's a hard job, running around trying to round up people who have no desire to be caught…what if we do that with God?
We run and run, hoping not to be caught and tasked with chasing other people…makes sense..tag is hard when you are chasing others..and yet Jesus pursues us. Romans 8:34 says that Jesus is at the right hand of God, praying on our behalf and petitioning our lives to His Heavenly Father. He chases us and stands at the door of our hearts, knocking relentlessly. (Revelation 3:20)
If you open the door of your heart, be prepared for 2 things to happen. First, you'll realize that what you have been running away from is what you've needed. The love, forgiveness, and grace of God will flow through you. You will find that He loves, you, regardless of where you have been or what you have done. Forgiving yourself will be a process, but over time you will see that the back window of your life doesn't define you…but it gives others a window to see where Jesus has brought you from and where He's taking you.
Second, you will be tasked with playing the hardest game of tag in your life. You will begin to chase people who ran away like you did. But don't be discouraged. That door, that place where Jesus came to save you, is the entryway to a place that others need saving from. That path you ran to escape from God is a path others are running on as well.
The world needs your story, your history. It needs to know how far you have come from where you started, the path you walked, and where Jesus tagged you. Paul was tagged on his way to kill Christians (Acts 9:1-7), Jonah was tagged on the way running from God (Jonah 1:3), and Moses was tagged many years after committing murder (Exodus 2:12)... You are never too far from the Lord to be tagged by Him. He chased you, so that you may chase others.
Tag, you're it.