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| “Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” |
| —Jeremiah 23:24a |
Growing up as teenagers, before the dangers of smoking were known and so well publicized, it was common for young men and women to hide their fledgling efforts at becoming smokers from their patents. All over the small city where I grew up one could find groups of teenage kids smoking in their hiding places.
In those brazen days nearly 60 years ago, “coming out” meant telling one’s parents—nearly everyone had both a mom and a dad—that one had taken up smoking.
Sometimes parents were shocked and dismayed. More likely they already knew from evidence that kids simply couldn’t hide.
All throughout the history of mankind, people have tried to hide their sinfulness from a loving God. Adam and Eve tried to hide their sin in the Garden. But God already knew they had disobeyed the one command He had given them (see Genesis 3).
One of the many aspects of the God who loves us and chose us to belong to Himself is that we simply cannot hide from Him. He has tagged us with a divine GPS. He always knows where we are and what we are doing. He watches over us with loving and tender care.
God speaks through the Prophet in Jeremiah 23:24:
“Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?”declares the Lord.
“Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord.
We should take great confidence in knowing we cannot hide from God. As we begin a new day, let us rejoice that He watches over us with His loving eyes.
