Hide & Seek

The first game that man played with GOD was ‘Hide & Seek’! It is still the first game we play with babies and it fascinates them. There is an advanced serious version of this game that people play with GOD! There are 3 stages to this game in real life.

The first stage:-  

We are hiding from GOD and GOD is seeking us.  We are hiding because of our sin which brings guilt, shame and fear of punishment.

Genesis 3:7-10 (NKJV)
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
9 Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, "Where are you?"
10 So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself."

This hiding place is the devil’s territory. He has a foothold in our lives here and torments us with guilt, fear & shame. He imprisons us and oppresses us. We are unable to get out of this pit and there seems to be no hope. GOD appears to be an invisible, powerful, scary force waiting to get us the moment we show up, to bestow on us the due punishment.
What we are endeavoring to hide is our sin.

Are you in such a hiding place?

The first thing we need to know is that we cannot hide from GOD. Psalm 139 makes this clear.

Psalm 139:7-12 (NKJV)
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, "Surely the darkness shall fall on me," Even the night shall be light about me;
12 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

Secondly, GOD is waiting for us to show up so that He can forgive our sin and set us free from the oppression of the devil.

1 John 1:8-9 (NKJV)
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Thirdly, He wants us to come to Him because He loves us and desires to embrace us.

Jeremiah 31:3 (NKJV)
The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying: "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.

We have to take the first step and come out of our hiding place. We need to open ourselves to GOD like David the psalmist.

Psalm 139:23-24 (NKJV)
Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties;
24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.

Our sinful words and works may come to the open, but we can hide the motives of our minds and sinful attitudes of our hearts from others. We cannot hide anything from the eyes of the LORD, which are more powerful than the most sophisticated scanning machines!

Jeremiah 17:9-10 (NKJV)
"The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?
10 I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.

2 Chronicles 16:9a (NKJV)
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.

The second stage:-

We are seeking GOD. GOD seems to be hiding, but the Bible says that there is not even a  shadow of turning with Him. It is like the relationship between the sun and the earth. Darkness covers that part of the earth that turns away from the sun which is stationary and always at its best brightness.

James 1:17 (NKJV)
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

Isaiah 59:1-2 (NKJV)
Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear.
2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.

In the process of seeking GOD, we start changing, turning and moving to a place where we can find Him.

Are you seeking GOD? Continue to seek Him diligently and you will find Him.

Matthew 7:7-8 (NKJV)
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

Jeremiah 29:11-14 (NKJV)
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
14 I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.

It is our responsibility to seek GOD. It is GOD, Who, by the power of His love working through His Spirit draws us out of our hiding place and pit of oppression and sets us free from captivity! Then we will look at ourselves and understand the marvellous work of GOD in our lives!!

2 Corinthians 3:16-17 (NKJV)
Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

The third stage:-

When we find GOD through His Son JESUS, we desire to hide in Him. This is the best hiding place in this world and he who dwells in this place is most blessed! When we have experienced such a blessing, we become instruments in GOD’S hand to help others come out of their hiding places and seek GOD for themselves.

Following are some privileges & characteristics of a life hidden in CHRIST.

• Deliverance & Preservation

Psalm 32:1-7 (NKJV)
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.
3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long.
4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah
5 I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD," And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
6 For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You In a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters They shall not come near him.
7 You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. 

• Dwelling place & Protection

                         
Psalm 119:114 (NKJV)
You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word.
 
 Psalm 91:1-4 (NKJV)
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust."
3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence.
4 He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
     

• Comfort  

 
Isaiah 51:12-16 (NKJV)
"I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid Of a man who will die, And of the son of a man who will be made like grass?
13 And you forget the LORD your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth; You have feared continually every day Because of the fury of the oppressor, When he has prepared to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor?
14 The captive exile hastens, that he may be loosed, That he should not die in the pit, And that his bread should not fail.
15 But I am the LORD your God, Who divided the sea whose waves roared-- The LORD of hosts is His name.
16 And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, And say to Zion, 'You are My people.' "
                                   

• Submission

      
Ruth 3:9 (NKJV)
And he said, "Who are you?" So she answered, "I am Ruth, your maidservant. Take your maidservant under your wing, for you are a close relative."

•  Obedience & salvation

                   
Genesis 6:22-7:1 (NKJV)
Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.
1 Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.
                                              

• Selfless CHRIST-centered life resulting in Glory

Exodus 33:21-23 (NKJV)
And the LORD said, "Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock.
22 So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by.
23 Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen."

Colossians 3:1-4 (NKJV)
1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
                    

•  Hope

Hebrews 6:19 (NKJV)
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil,

•  Peace

John 16:33 (NKJV)
These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

•  Rest

                
Hebrews 4:9-10 (NKJV)
There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.
  

• Beauty

                    
1 Peter 3:3-4 (NKJV)
Do not let your adornment be merely outward--arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel--
4 rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
 

• Fruitfulness

             
John 15:5 (NKJV)
I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
  

•  Unity

            
Matthew 23:37 (NKJV)
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
 
John 17:21 (NKJV)
that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
    
                     Where are you right now?                                          
Are you hiding from GOD, filled with guilt, fear & shame, oppressed by the devil?
 Are you seeking GOD, confessing your sins to Him and repenting of them?
   Are you hiding in GOD, resting in the assurance of His love?

Luke 19:10 (NKJV)
for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."

Deuteronomy 33:12 (NKJV)
Of Benjamin he said: "The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by Him, Who shelters him all the day long; And he shall dwell between His shoulders."

GOD sent His only Son, JESUS into this world to seek after you if you are lost. He is waiting to save you from your sin and set you free from the power and consequences of sin. He will freely forgive you because He took the penalty for your sin on Himself when He suffered and died on the cruel cross. He will wash you with His precious blood and embrace you with His love. There is a special slot for you to hide and rest in the bosom - the heart of your Heavenly Father.

Humbly come to Him now!
 He has been waiting for you to come!! 

Choices

At all times each day each of us face situations that force us to make choices.
There are times we can have this and that.
But very often it is either this or that.

GOD gives us choices and the responsibility to choose.
We need to be wise and diligent to make the right decisions.
Some choices are very hard to make as the one seems better than the other and
both are very difficult to give up.
We hold onto the one and reach out to the other one and at times, in the process,
let go and lose both!

You may be praying for a matter and are convinced that it is GOD’S will for you.
You are not able to receive it because you are holding onto something else which is a hindrance.

Although the blessing you are seeking is GOD’S will for you, you are in the wrong place, walking the wrong path and hence, unable to take it.
GOD’S blessings are strategically placed in the pathway of faithful obedience.
The LORD will not shift the blessing for good reasons. He always works for your good.
He knows that that blessing, if moved to where you are, will not work for your good!
The perfect way to enjoy that blessing is for you to move to where GOD has placed it.

GOD also knows which two gifts don’t go together.
For example, a job out of home for a woman is not suitable if she is desiring to have a child. Ps 113:9
If you are asking GOD to send down fire, you have to be willing to let go of wood, stubble and hay!

Fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil or fruit from the tree of life
Genesis 2:8-10 (NKJV)
8 The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
9 And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads.

Genesis 2:16-17 (NKJV)
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;
17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."

Genesis 3:1-6 (NKJV)
1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?"
2 And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;
3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.' "
4 Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.
5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

Genesis 3:22-24 (NKJV)
22 Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"--
23 therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.
24 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Revelation 2:4,7 (NKJV)
4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God." '

Revelation 22:1-3 (NKJV)
1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3 And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him.

Serve The LORD or serve other gods

Joshua 24:14-24 (NKJV)
14 "Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD!
15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
16 So the people answered and said: "Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods;
17 for the LORD our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way that we went and among all the people through whom we passed.
18 And the LORD drove out from before us all the people, including the Amorites who dwelt in the land. We also will serve the LORD, for He is our God."
19 But Joshua said to the people, "You cannot serve the LORD, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
20 If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you, after He has done you good."
21 And the people said to Joshua, "No, but we will serve the LORD!"
22 So Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD for yourselves, to serve Him." And they said, "We are witnesses!"
23 "Now therefore," he said, "put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel."
24 And the people said to Joshua, "The LORD our God we will serve, and His voice we will obey!"

Serve GOD or mammon

Matthew 6:24 (NKJV)
24 "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Sitting at the feet of JESUS or be distracted with much serving

Luke 10:38-42 (NKJV)
38 Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house.
39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard His word.
40 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me."
41 And Jesus answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.
42 But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her."

Obey GOD or disobey GOD

Deuteronomy 28:1-3 (NKJV)
1 "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth.
2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God:
3 Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.

Deuteronomy 28:15-16 (NKJV)
15 "But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
16 Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the country.

Find my soul or lose my soul

Matthew 16:24-27 (NKJV)
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.

Trust in the LORD or trust in man

Jeremiah 17:5-8 (NKJV)
5 Thus says the LORD: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the LORD.
6 For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, And shall not see when good comes, But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, In a salt land which is not inhabited.
7 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD.
8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

The Blood   

                                                                                                    
Blood of animals that were sacrificed in the Old Testament are a fore shadow of the blood of the Lamb of GOD in the New Testament. JESUS is the Lamb of GOD.
The blood of a lamb applied with a bunch of Hyssop on the lintel and doorposts of a family home was the only way of escape from the angel of death  who would strike all the firstborn in Egypt. This picture reminds us of the our LORD JESUS on the cross.
Exodus 12:12-23 (NKJV)
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
13 Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
14 So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance.
15 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.
16 On the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you. No manner of work shall be done on them; but that which everyone must eat--that only may be prepared by you.
17 So you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this same day I will have brought your armies out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting ordinance.
18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.
19 For seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses, since whoever eats what is leavened, that same person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land.
20 You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.' "
21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the Passover lamb.
22 And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning.
23 For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.

Blood is the symbol of life
Leviticus 17:11 (NKJV)
11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.'

The red heifer without blemish and with no defect, its blood and Hyssop - Foreshadow the Lamb of GOD without blemish. He was scourged and crucified on a wooden cross. His blood is still available to us and powerful enough to cleanse us from all sin.
Numbers 19:1-9 (NKJV)
1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
2 "This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD has commanded, saying: 'Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without blemish, in which there is no defect and on which a yoke has never come.
3 You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, that he may take it outside the camp, and it shall be slaughtered before him;
4 and Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood seven times directly in front of the tabernacle of meeting.
5 Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight: its hide, its flesh, its blood, and its offal shall be burned.
6 And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet, and cast them into the midst of the fire burning the heifer.
7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, he shall bathe in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp; the priest shall be unclean until evening.
8 And the one who burns it shall wash his clothes in water, bathe in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
9 Then a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and store them outside the camp in a clean place; and they shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for the water of purification; it is for purifying from sin.

The invitation to come, repent and be cleansed by the blood is given to every individual.
Every black sin covered by red blood becomes white righteousness!
Isaiah 1:18-20 (NKJV)
18 "Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, "Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.
19 If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;
20 But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword"; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

The Holy Communion we celebrate as Christians now is in memory of the last supper JESUS had with His disciples before His crucifixion. Participating in such a meal, remembering JESUS’ sacrifice of Himself, makes us part of the body of CHRIST - The Church.
Matthew 26:26-28 (NKJV)
26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is My body."
27 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you.
28 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Memories of the Passover night in Egypt:- Hyssop, Blood, Lintel & doorposts, and now, the cross.
John 19:17-18 & 29 (NKJV)
17 And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,
18 where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center.
29 Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth.

This is how I appropriate this truth and make it real in my life.
Galatians 2:20 (NKJV)
20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Healing

One has to be sick to experience healing. Only when you are sick can you know The LORD JESUS CHRIST as your Healer. In this world of sin, sickness is rampant. GOD says, "I AM The LORD Who heals you." GOD heals us when we are sick.

Not only does GOD heal us physically, He also heals us spiritually and emotionally.

We have to be spiritually wounded, that is, convicted of sin in our heart and repent, to be forgiven and saved by grace. There has to be rending before there can be mending. Therefore tear away pride, selfishness and worldliness from your heart so that JESUS can heal you.

Don't resist or react when others wound you emotionally. Take the hurt to The LORD JESUS and allow Him to heal you until His love flows into you and through you even to the one who hurt you. In this way you will overcome evil with good! Be an overcomer!!

JESUS, your Great Physician makes you whole by healing your spirit, soul and body!