Hide and Seek—God's Version
“ Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God ” —Colossians 3:2, 3 A “hidden” life? You wouldn’t think “hidden” would be a hard word to understand, but I looked it up anyway. The obvious meaning came to the fore: concealed from view . But I liked this definition the best: “ [ intrans. ] ( hide behind) use (someone or something) to protect oneself from criticism or punishment… ” because it fits in the context of these verses from Colossians. Because the old me “died” when I accepted Christ as my Saviour, when God looks at me, He sees His Son. He doesn’t see all the sins I’ve committed, He sees His Son’s sacrifice to remove every one of them—past, present, and yes, even future. Written in my study Bible is a note reminding me that what Paul says earlier in Chapter Two is connected to these beginning verses of Chapter Three. The gist? Rules can’t control my desires, but because Christ is now my life, I’m not so much l...