"His purpose in all of this was that the nations should seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him – though he is not far from any one of us."
[Acts 17:27 NLT]-------------------------------------------
Have you ever had the occasion when you felt like God was not by your side and you were all alone trying to tackle the problem?
The above puts it such that you 'feel' your way towards Him and 'find' Him.
The NKJV puts it as:
"so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us"
(italics and bold mine)
Grope? Find? Are you lost? Were you lost?
Grope comes to mind of being in the dark. Being in a place you can't see. So you need to grope your way around until you find the switch and turn on the lights.
So the lights and switch is ALWAYS there. It didn't suddenly move while you were finding your way or while you were out of the room.
God is a permanent fixture! He's not going anywhere.
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while in the dark
i couldn't quite see
where i was heading to
where the road led
but i knew in my heart
there is no fear
for you are near
and you are there beside me
my heart. my soul, my mind
they are comforted
to know that you are near
to know that i am safe
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