My daughter and I are in a local production of The Hiding Place, a play based on the life of Corrie Ten Boom.  Corrie and her family were followers of Christ who hid Jews from the Germans during World War II.  They were discovered, captured, and imprisoned. Only Corrie survived the camps.  To call it a powerful story is an understatement of the highest order.  This week I want to take a look at some of the lessons we can take from this story.

You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance  (Psalm 32:7).

Corrie and her family provided a hiding place for people in trouble. In doing so, they became the hands and feet of God, working in this world to protect his people and bring him glory.  But it is not until the prison camps that the full meaning of this verse becomes clear.  God does not just provide a hiding place, Beloved.  He is our hiding place.  When everything else is stripped away and we are left raw and bleeding beside the road, we are still His.  We are still safe.

For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3).

I don’t know what awaits you today.  

Probably not Nazis.

Whatever it is, God is already there and in full control.  He is waiting to surround you with songs of deliverance.  Let the singing begin.

Happy Monday, Beloved.