Hidden & Safe: How God Is Your Hiding Place.
For a moment we want to pause and reflect on God’s promise and ability to Hide His people from danger and evil, even when surrounded by life-threatening situations.
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The Psalmist expressed His faith by confessing who God is to Him. This is exactly what you must do in prayer. But you need to understand that God is your Hiding Place before expressing yourself to Him.
Psalms 32:7 says,
“you are my Hiding
Place. You will protect me from trouble
and Surround Me with songs of
Deliverance.‘
I am interested in you considering that God is your Hiding Place. What does this mean to you?
A Haven From Harsh Realties
First, it implies that God can keep you from the harsh realities of life. He is guarding you by his presence and Power from the devil-orchestrated harsh realities of life.
People are facing it rough, and you, too, might go through your share of hostilities.
There are challenges left, right, and Center. Right now, people are facing unprecedented harshness in their finances, and every terrible experience that goes with it.
Fuel and commodity prices are beyond what we expected after many thought that the COVID-19 lockdown had been the most bitter pill they had to swallow, anticipating a return to normalcy thereafter.
Yet, it is only human to hope for the better even Amid the most despairing situations. The mistake though is that we rest our hope on the faith we have in nature or the government.
We miss the point if we think things will return to normal, by themselves or that we will return to the old normal, at all. Change only comes to stay because every change alters everything else. It sparks new ways of thinking and challenges the status quo.
Forget what you knew as normal and embrace God’s work as it is today.
We are also mistaken to think that the government by itself will eventually figure out solutions for the citizens. Or that the economists by their efforts will keep our economy buoyant and resilient. They, too, are outnumbered. They are caught in the middle of a crisis which some confessed they have no control over. They agree that there are external forces working which are beyond their masterly.
When they say external forces, the political mind will be quick to think that this refers to what is happening to other nations, which experiences eventually trickle down to us.
The explanation is entirely political. It’s as political as saying that the war in Ukraine has brought this on us. The Economist will also endeavor to explain that outside powers have resulted in the currently existing state of affairs.
And those explanations are valid.
But with their validity goes a sense of helplessness and hopelessness since the victims can’t do anything to arrest the situation. So, the option is to wait through the suffering until perhaps when things will get better. But as a believer in God’s word, there is a lens through which I see the prevailing circumstances of our day.
I see an external power behind the external forces—the evil One, who seeks to inflict as much pain on God’s people as possible. The one who steals, kills, and destroys. I see Satan is hungry for more blood and tears from people. Recognizing this evil force behind the evil events that are shaping our history helps us to recognize that there is something we can do about it.
Instead of looking at the challenges as innocent wild occurrences upon which we have no power, we can see that actually there is an evil mind planning and executing all these catastrophes. And because we know God can work contrary to that evil force, then we can engage the Lord so that His goodness can prevail over the works of the enemy.
And God, by His working, hides His people from the intended devastating outcomes of Satan’s evil attempts. The Lord protects His people so much that He can turn evil into an advantage. In the future, God will judge Satan and condemn him to eternal fire. Then, God will stop all evil because the chief agent thereof will be dealt away with.
But until then, Satan tries to cover as much ground as possible, while God also stops the enemy’s advances by working mightily to protect His godly seed. God hides the people who trust Him. He creates an environment around them that cushions them from what Satan intends for them.
Before that judgment day, we don’t pretend that there is no evil around us. For there is much of it. And where there is none, Satan tries to create It. But we are confident that God keeps us from that evil. And this is a matter of faith, and not by default. Left alone, Satan will torment you as much as he possibly can. But by faith, God’s power works in our favor, to shield us and keep us safe from the harsh realities of life around us. And when I say of life, I mean, life in this world, Because while we are here on Earth, troubles are bound to come our way.
But as a believer, you are alive to a greater reality of God’s intervention and sustenance.
Yes, certain bad experiences are not of your own making. They might be thrown at you sometimes without your involvement and out of your mistakes.
The Devil Himself is consumed with a desire to inflict pain on you. Making sure he brings the worst he can upon you. There’s no limit to the evil he can do. The only limit is God and the believers who stand to pray and express their will against Satan’s works.
Therefore, pray. Believe that God is actually hiding you. Then consider yourself covered under God’s wings. See yourself as hidden from the reach of predators and from the hostilities that are in the world, in your neighborhood, and in your nation. Count yourself as kept from harm. Trust that God is keeping you from the worst. That God is shielding you from the ugly side of life. Not because it does not exist in the world and not even to say that evil isn’t happening in the world, but because God is actively protecting you from those harsh realities.
It makes a difference that you have Faith in God.
Kept From The Evil Eye
Second, being hidden by God means God keeps you away from the evil eye. Without a doubt, evil is looming in the world but God knows how to keep you out of sight. So you see the troubles that are going around you, but the troubles don’t see you. Not because of sheer luck but by a deliberate working of God. Therefore, we must believe this truth. And pray that it becomes our experience. And also pray that God will continue to act in the nations of the world, against the plans of Satan.
Psalms 91:1-10 says,
1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
3Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
4He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
7A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
8Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.
9Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;” NKJV
In other words, God can keep you out of reach and out of sight from Satan’s attempts to damage your life and cripple your destiny. By trusting in God and believing in His hiding ability, you set yourself on a course where only those experiences that God permits are the only ones that come your way.
That is, not all that Satan throws at you, but what God selects and handpicks for you, is what reaches you. Be it troubles, suffering, or pain. God hides you and by that act, He squeezes the poison out of every situation that you experience so that it works out God’s glory in your life. God is superintending over your life experiences, and He has not left you at the mercy of natural and evil forces.
The Scripture says in 1 Corinthians 10:13 that,
'No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.“ NIV
The Lord is that buffer zone for you. He is weighing what comes your way. It’s not an open-door policy for you regarding Satan’s access to your family, marriage, finances, and all aspects of your life.
Job of the Bible had a caveat on Him. Satan could not touch His life, and the devil’s access to Job had limits set by the God Job worshiped. So Job 1:8-12 NIV, records,
"8Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”
9“Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. 10“Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. 11But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
12The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.”
Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.”
Likewise, Satan is not at liberty to do as he pleases with your life. This is the sort of protection Christ has afforded you. As with Job, you are safe and out of danger even when it appears troubles, failure and frustration surround you.
Signs of a lower might be visible all around you, but you have never been safer, and stronger. God only permitted the devil to touch job’s wealth and possessions, but His life was safe in God. Therefore, it has to be a point of faith and a point of prayer that God will hide you from the things the enemy intends to do against you.
Dare to believe that God has hidden you from the evil that is around. Speak over your life and maintain this truth in your consciousness that you are hidden in God. Pray for this reality to be fulfilled in your life. You are precious before God. So God hides you. He takes watchful care of you. He takes the responsibility of hiding you.
Your Father sees the evil That You Don’t See. And keeps You Out Of Reach and out of the sight of evil. He sees deeper and watches further. Trust the Deep searching eye of the Lord, the eye that sees evil from afar. God’s eye sees into the very Arena of darkness and He uses his insight to protect you. His Eye Is on your enemy, for your sake. God is closely watching the enemy’s steps. God watches what the enemy intends to do to you and He has a plan to keep you safe, to the frustration of your adversary.
It’s also written in 2 Chronicles 16:9 that the eyes of the Lord run throughout the earth so that He might show Himself strong knowledge on behalf of those who love Him.
God is coming strong for you. Your enemy has deployed extensively and well-crafted his plans, but God is very present to work mightily in your life. He is stronger. The Lord is our hiding place. He is your hiding place today. Talk to him concerning this truth and regarding what He means to you. Believe It and cast your full weight upon this truth. Refuse to believe what the enemy is trying to do around you, refuse to believe what Satan wants to do. Confess from the very bottom of your heart, that God is taking you out of the reach of what Satan intended to do.
His Eye Is on your enemy for your sake. God is overseeing your life. Trust His oversight. He is the bishop of your soul and you are under his care. Trust in this and rejoice incredibly that God is your hiding place.
Of this be confident, He has hidden you and will continue to do so.
You’ll experience God’s hiding power and witness how God hides His own. The Bible compares God’s people to the apple of the eye. He keeps you as the apple of His eye. Just like the eye blinks when any danger attempts to reach the eyeball. So, may the Lord, keep you. May the Lord hide you. I see the Lord hiding you from the evil that is going around you. Your reality must reflect God’s plan and what He has kept for you, in the name of Jesus.
The Lord richly bless you and may you continue in the spirit of prayer, and continue to dedicate yourself to God.
Pastor Eryeza Kalalu