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My son, if thou
wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine
heart to understanding; Yea, if thou criest after knowledge,
and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest
her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find
the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:1
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin
against thee. Psalms 119:11
Hiding
the Word of God in our hearts is so important because there
is someone who would like to steal it away from us. In the
parable of the sower and the seed in Luke 8, the Lord Jesus
Christ explains what the parable is about. In verse 11 & 12,
He says, The seed is the word of God. Those
by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil,
and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they
should believe and be saved. Now, I know
that in this particular instance, the context is about
salvation, but this would be true in a Christian's life as
well. The Devil would love to steal every seed of the Word
of God out of your heart, because if he can do that, he can
keep you from growing and becoming a victorious Christian.
There are three ways to "Hide" the Word of God in your heart
that it might not be stolen. 1. Memorize: if you will commit
passages of scripture to memory, learning word for word the
scripture it will stick with you much longer and even when
you may forget the exact words, you will still know the
meaning of the passage and where to find it. 2. Meditating
on it: it is not enough to quickly read through a passage;
it takes the meditating and pondering it for it to stick
with you. The Bible says about Mary the mother of Jesus that
she kept these things and pondered them in
her heart. Joshua 1:8 says,
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth;
but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou
mayest observe to do according to all that is written
therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and
then thou shalt have good success. And the
verse there in Joshua leads us to the last way; apply it:
When you meditate on it, it becomes real to you then you
apply it or put it in practice and then your Christian life
will be a success. You make the changes in your life and you
will be able to look back and point other people to that
passage as the catalyst for that change. You do those three
things and the devil will not be able to steal it away. (As
a side note: this is why you want to help your children to
memorize, meditate and apply).
Now, on the
other hand, there are some things that we are not supposed
to hide.
1. You don't try
to hide your sin. Don't be like Achan in Johsua chapter 7.
The Bible says in Proverbs 28:13, He that covereth his sins
shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them
shall have mercy. Then in
Psalms 32:5, I acknowledged my sin unto
thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will
confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest
the iniquity of my sin. Selah. And
Psalms 69:5 says, O God, thou knowest my
foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
So, it doesn't do any good that hide your sin from God, He
knows about it anyway. And you will not prosper or be
successful until you confess it and forsake it (repentance).
And according to Isaiah 59:2 He hides Himself from us if we
will not forsake our sins.
2. Don't try to
hide God's goodness. Psalm 40:10 says, I
have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have
declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not
concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great
congregation. Psalm 51:14-15 says, Deliver me from
bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my
tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. O Lord, open
thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
And Psalm 78:4 says, We will not hide them
from their children, shewing to the generation to come the
praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful
works that he hath done. If anybody needs
to hear of God's marvelous works, it is the children of this
day. Give God the praise for all He has done and glorify Him
to saints and sinners. Lift Him up.
3.
Don't hide the Gospel to the sinner. II Corinthians 4:3
says, But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to
them that are lost. The devil has got a lot
of people's minds blinded to the gospel. We need to proclaim
it and show it to all sinners because when we do, and they
are saved then the work of the Lord in their life will hide
many sins. Let him know, that he which
converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a
soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
James 5:20 This also goes for a Christian that
errs, don't hide there sins from them. Try to convert them
with much prayer and with the Word of God. It will cover a
multitude of sins.
Until next time,
may the Lord bless you and guide you into all truth.
Sis. Tanya |
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