"You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance." Psalm 32:7 ESV
When I was a little boy I used to love playing hide and seek. I mean, who didn't right? I always used to carefully select a place that would be very inconspicuous and neglected thinking that if I hid there no one would find me. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't but typically when I felt like I selected the right place I felt safe and secure with my decision.
As I grew older I began to play hide and seek of a different sort. One in which I would select a path for my life that would be as Robert Frost once coined, "was less traveled." I felt like there was more to life than what most people aspired for and as I realized that God was the owner of this path. For me it became a place replete with safety and security.
God is looking to be the hiding place not only for me, but for those who really want to understand the comforts of safety in the midst of trial and trouble. He wants to be the safety for us that we cannot be for ourselves. I realize however, that the only way for this place to be utilized is that it must be sought for first.
