Hidden Things

The tall grasses around the pond tend to hide things.  This made me start pondering about what all people hide in their lives.

            People hide things they don’t want others to know about.  Things like being in debt, their own insecurities, bad relationships, etc.  Satan loves this.  He knows if you keep these kinds of things hidden, you will never truly be free.  As long as you hide negative things from others, you are, in a way, in bondage to him.  He doesn’t want you to be free because if you were, he would have less or no control over you.  He would love to keep you down with worry and unhappiness because in those feelings we tend to do wrong things, think negatively and do not please the Lord.  Satan has you right where he wants you.

            I say it’s time to break free and come out from hiding; we will never receive help and rise above if we don’t.  Sharing our struggles is a way of helping others with theirs.    He is the father of lies and darkness and he doesn’t like those things being brought into the light, because then he starts to lose his power of influence over us.

            There is healing in the light.  Keith and I struggled with debt years ago and only after we brought it out from hiding, did God provide a way for us to become debt free.  It took a lot of hard work and sacrificing on our part, but He provided what we needed to accomplish the plan and He used this time in our life to inspire others with their financial choices.

            Our brilliant and once God-honoring son started making unwise choices that caused a lot of heart-ache in the family.  He eventually left and we were left with the collateral damage of this war we unwillingly were put in. Keith and I decided not to hide from it but to share it.  God blessed us with wonderful prayer warriors who lifted us up and gave us strength.  Sharing brought others out with similar stories and gone goes the hold of the sinister one.  When things are brought into the light, we can help each other and healing can begin which is not what Satan wants to see happen.  He would love for us to stay hidden in the dark and have control over us, but I say “No more!” 

            The only thing we should be hiding is God’s word in our heart, as Psalm 119:11 says, “I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.”  As a believer we can say with David, “You are my hiding place…”

            Colossians 3:3 says to the believer, “For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.’ The word hidden here means to be concealed and safe.  We need never worry about our salvation.  We will mess up from time to time but our actions do not earn or mess up our salvation once we accept Christ.  Our conduct and service will be a result of it.  We can rest knowing that we are secure (hidden) in Christ.  The bible commands us to never hide our light (or troubles) under a bushel…or a lamp.  Put that ol’ devil in his place and come out from hiding where the only thing hidden is God’s Word in our heart and our life in His.

‘You are the light of the world.  A city on a hill cannot be hidden.  Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.  Instead they put it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.  In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:14-16