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Hide-and-seek is a popular game I was quite fond of during my childhood years. The game was full of mystery and excitement. The rules of the game require the seeker to close their eyes, count to 100, while their back was turned to the hiders who scurried to find a hiding place. At the end of the count the seeker would announce, ‘ready or not, here I come!’ The first one found would be the next seeker and the game was repeated. The last would be the winner of the round. We could concede that the strategy of the CIA, FBI, Secret Service, MI6 are like the game of hide-and-seek. Highly classified, undercover, behind-the-scenes, and unexposed are descriptive of ‘covert operations.’ Special tactics 8
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are used to preserve the secret schemes and operations as they are planned and executed by these sects. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, Covert means, ‘undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others.’ Some synonyms used to describe the word Covert are hidden, secret, isolated, secluded, and sheltered. Would you agree that the heart plays hide-and-seek and operates equally to that of a covert operation? There are several popular stories in the Bible that portray covert
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operations, such as; Adam and Eve’s, hiding from God; Cain killing his brother Able; Judas betraying Jesus; and one not so popular story of deceit and covetousness by Gehazi (Servant of Naaman). The flesh nature of man is born into sin and the evil tendencies of our heart are therefore covertly maintained, while waiting for God’s unveiling. “Strip yourselves of your former nature [put off and discard your old unrenewed self] which characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion: And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude].” Ephesians 4:22-23 (AMP) When we encounter God, ask Him into our hearts, accept Him as our
