MARCH 31
Psalm 64:2, “Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the throng of evildoers.”
Anne Frank and her Jewish family lived in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam during World War II during a time of intense persecution. When Anne’s sister was sent to a labor camp, the family decided to go into hiding in the “Secret Annex” of her father’s business building. Non-Jewish friends provided food and supplies and kept their location secret. The family survived through ongoing danger and threats, until they were betrayed, then discovered and arrested. Deported to concentration camps, Anne and her sister did in Bergen-Belsen in 1945, just weeks before the camp’s liberation.
As with Anne and family, David was surrounded by wicked folks who sought his death. So, David prayed for God’s protection, and that God would “hide (him) from the secret plots of the wicked” (Psalm 64:2).
The good news for the believer is that he has already been brought to the perfect hiding place in Christ: “For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:3). Positionally speaking, that means you’ve been brought, through Christ’s shed blood, into a secure and protected relationship with God. Experientially speaking, trials have a way of reminding us of our need to run and remain in that place of safety, in Him.
Having the Risen Christ as one’s hiding place, there is no need for fear: “Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.” With respect to sin, and all the ways we are threatened by it, there’s no better hiding place to be found than Jesus.
You are my hiding place
You always fill my heart
With the songs of deliverance
Whenever I’m afraid
I will trust in you
–Michael Ledner
Application Questions: Have you ever felt the need to be hidden away from some threat? What makes for a good hiding place? How do you find that in Jesus in an experiential way? Thank Him for how He is even now working to hide and protect you.
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