I’ve got a really good hiding place...

My tendency has always been to hide from God when I’ve said or done something that I know to be inappropriate or dishonoring to his name. Or in other words, when I’ve sinned. Quick side note: Isn’t it funny how we play down our sin attempting to make it “less worse” in our minds by calling “it” by different names?  But that’s another post for another day. Now back to our topic, "hiding from God." The second verse of Lauren Daigle’s song, “How Can It Be?” says it all for me, “I’ve been hiding, afraid I’ve let you down. Inside I doubt that you could love me; but in your eyes there’s only grace now.”

Case in point: This morning, with coffee in hand, I picked up my Bible and started reading a passage from Isaiah.  But the words were empty; they were simply words on a page. Why? Because I was hiding from God...afraid I'd let him down once again. In an instance the chorus of the above song shined a light on my hiding spot: “You plead my cause, You right my wrongs, You break my chains, You overcome. You gave your life, to give me mine. You say that I am free…how can it be?"

Oh, the grace reaching down for me.  I closed my eyes and let the words penetrate my heart.  And slowly, I came out of hiding. That Jesus Christ would do all those things for me means I don’t have to hide. It means I can confess my wrong doings freely and often knowing that, when I do, he pleads my cause before God my Father telling him ‘I already paid for Julie’s sin.  It’s gone. She’s free.’

Dear friend, if you think you’ve found a good, secret spot to hide, remember, God knows your spot. In Psalm 139 King David told God I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night; but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you (verses 11-12).

Don’t hide; it’s not worth it. Come out into God’s healing light. It's bright, shiny, refreshing and ever-present. If you do, you’ll find everything you’ve ever needed.