If you visit any toy store in your local mall today, you’ll find an endless variety of games to play. Some of them are timeless classics like Monopoly, Parcheesi, Sorry, Yahtzee, and Uno. Others are newer, but no less popular.

And games are making a comeback. Record sales are being reported and game manufacturers are saying Family Game Night is a new trend in our culture, perhaps motivated by the isolation of COVID quarantining.

Now, when I was a kid, we played a lot of games, too, but most of them were outside and they didn’t cost a dime. Games like Run-Sheep-Run, I Spy, Tag, and Mother-May-I? We’d entertain ourselves for hours with the joy and innocence of simple games played with our friends.

To be honest, I probably wouldn’t play most of these games today. Let’s just say they’re for a younger crowd. But I do enjoy some games. I’m just careful what games I choose to play and who I play them with. Like, I definitely wouldn’t play Trivial Pursuit with Ken Jennings!

Now, whether they realize it or not, many people are playing games with God every day. They live their life just like it’s some sort of fun activity, with no consequence for their bad choices or ultimate penalty for breaking the rules. They play the game the way they want to play it, smugly thinking that the dice and cards are always stacked in their favor, and nothing can stand in their way to victory.

Well, that’s what I’ll be talking about on this podcast. I’ll be addressing the topic of people and the games they play as I look at: Playing Hide-and-Seek with God.

Stay with me, because that’s coming up on today’s episode of Living Lite Today.