Hidden Protection and Help


The idea of hiding includes protection. What we hide we are seeking to protect. That is why my wife hides the sweets from me and I try to hide the peanut butter from her. That is why both of us hide things in our heart. Deep within each of us we have hidden secrets and things we want to protect. These hidden places make life more adventurous and deeper.

Sure you can hide things that should not be hidden. But just because something can be used wrongly doesn't mean it is right not to use it correctly. Hiding your love for someone is different than hiding your love from them.

Here are four questions and three passages to ponder.


1.      What is it about pondering and treasuring things in our heart that make us different?
2.      Are you the kind of person who is energized when other people know your dreams or do you find it draining when they know?
3.      How many things do you have that are just between you and God? 
4.    Do you find your relationship with God personal, intimate or more generic?

My son, if you will receive my words And treasure my commandments within you,
Proverbs 2:1 NASB
Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You.
Psalms 119:11 NASB
But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart.
Luke 2:19 NASB


Adventure 2

Try to spend some time each day for a week or two praying alone and hidden.  After that time ask the Holy Spirit to help you discern what has happened. Did your prayers get answered? Did you discover a closer connection to God internally? Did you become aware of how often you don’t like being alone? Did you discover that sometimes you pray only if other people know, if in some way you are being honored or valued by others?

Read and ponder the following passage.

Talk to God about the struggle you may face in seeking to know God better. Ask God for help as you pray for others to know Him. Help that would illuminate our world with the value of God and the treasures hidden in Him.

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face, that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ Himself, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Colossians 2:1-3 NASB

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