We are dead to the things on earth. And our real, spiritual
life is hid from the world, and laid up in God, with Christ - Who hath merited,
promised, prepared it for us, and gives us the earnest and foretaste of it in
our hearts.
Your life is hid with Christ in God -
Our treasure which is "hid" or concealed in a
place of security; Christ is our treasure; and where our treasure is, there is
our heart. We are part of the body of Christ. We are hidden in it like in a
vault, a treasure house, and a place to keep valuables securely and safely,
where they will not be stolen or in any way degraded.
If we are truly seeking those things that are above, and we
are truly "in Christ," then our life is hidden in God.
How wonderful! When the troubles of life surround us we
will not fear. In the shadow of his wings, we'll be hidden.
To be hid in Christ means we don't have to worry when war
comes, "Ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not
troubled". Matt. 24:6
When we are hid in God we have peace. In the shadow of
His wings we will make our refuge, until these calamities be over-past. - Psalm
57:
In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good
cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy
doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the
indignation be over-past. For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to
punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. Isaiah 26:20, 21
To be hid in Christ means we do not have to be afraid. He
shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
Psalm 112:7
For "God is our refuge and strength, a very present
help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and
though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters
thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling
thereof. Psalm. 46:1-3
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