The
Perfect Hiding Place!
But Jehosheba…took Joash…and stole
him away... She put him…in a bedroom…so he was not killed. He
remained hidden…for six years…
II Kings 11:2, 3
“Okay, Kevin. Count to a hundred by
fives!” Jackie told his friend.
“Okay!” Kevin said
enthusiastically. Laying his head against his forearm which was
against the porch post, he began, “Five, ten, fifteen, twenty,
twenty-five, thirty…” About thirty seconds later, “Ninety-five,
a hundred! Ready or not, here I come!” And off he went to find his
friends.
Jackie watched from his hiding place.
There was no way Kevin was going to find him unless he stumbled on
him. He’d found the spot quite by accident. His dad had shown him
where he kept the dog food a couple years ago in the bin, next to the
kennel. Jackie had noticed a void of sorts behind the boards. It was
just big enough to allow someone a little room to move. Jackie had
wiggled in and pulled a bale of straw against the opening. He
remained totally hidden, watching Kevin through the slit in the
boards. In a span of about ten minutes Kevin found everyone but him.
Eventually, Kevin got tired of looking
and gave up, hollering, “Ollie, Ollie in free!” giving Jackie the
signal he had won and could come out of hiding. To everyone’s
surprise, Jackie emerged not ten feet from them!
“Holy smokes!” one boy exclaimed.
“He’da never found you! That’s the perfect hiding place!”
†
Young children look harmless. But Satan
sees them as future threats, and the sooner he can render them
impotent or powerless, the better. Consequently, our kids are born
into a deadly game of hide and seek.
Until God hollers, “Ollie, Ollie in
free!” we, like Jehosheba, need to hide our kids from the enemy’s
influence, censoring their activities with wisdom and spiritual
insight. We are not keeping them from experiencing life, or sowing
wild seeds; we are keeping them from abortion, addiction, sexual
immorality, and possible suicide.
We can give them the perfect hiding
place in Jesus Christ; He’s the safest place they’ll ever find!
Prayer
“Help me keep my
children from the dangers that lurk in the darkness, Lord. Help me be
the godly parent they need me to be. In Jesus’ Name, amen.”
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