Jesus, My Hiding Place

The Hiding Place
By Bryan Jeffery Leech

“In a time of trouble, in a time forlorn, 
there is a hiding place where HOPE is born.   
In a time of sorrow, in a time of grief, 
there is a hiding place to give relief.

There is a hiding place, a strong protective space, 
where God provides the grace to persevere, 
for nothing can remove us from the Father’s love;
though all may change, yet nothing changes here. 
In a time of danger, when our faith is proved, 
there is a hiding place where we are loved.  
In a time of weakness, in a time of fear, 
there is a hiding place where God is near.
There is a hiding place, a strong protective space, 
where God provides the grace to persevere, 
for nothing can remove us from the Father’s love;
though all may change, yet nothing changes here.”

We find scriptures that talk about the hiding place.  Isaiah prophesied concerning the One who would be “as a Hiding Place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest;  as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.”  The Psalmist sang about it:  “You are my Hiding Place;  You shall preserve me from trouble.  You shall compass me about with songs of deliverance…..For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion;  in the secret of His tabernacle shall He hide me…” (Isa. 32:2; Psalm 32:7; 27:5) 




The wise author of the Proverbs gives us a hint as to where that Hiding Place is for the child of God:-   “The Name of the Lord is a strong tower;  the righteous run into it and is safe.”  The Name of Jesus is that wonderful name – “the only Name under heaven…whereby we must be saved.”   “To Him give all the prophets witness, that through His Name, whoever believes in Him shall receive forgiveness of sins.”  (Prov. 18:10;  Acts 4:12; 10:43)  


“You are my Hiding Place and my shield;  I HOPE in Your Word.”
(Ps. 119:114) 

The Hiding Place is hinted at in Isaiah 26:20, "Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut they doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast."


Mrs. Ellen White wrote about the chambers in this verse.  She says:

      "What are the chambers in which they are to hide?  They are the protection of Christ and the holy angels."  (Our Father Cares 333.4)

We hide in Christ and the protection of the Holy Angels. "Our lives in hid in Christ with God."  Is that the "secret place of the Most High." refered to by King David in Psalm 91:1.  I think so. 

       ". . .we lay hold upon the merits of the blood of a crucified and risen Saviour. Our lives are hid with Christ in God. There we have the whole of it. We can do nothing of ourselves, but the fire of God's love is burning on the altar of our hearts. . . . " (Vol. 6 Manuscript Releases 9.1

      "God has opened to us our strength, and we need to know something about it and be prepared for the time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation. But here is our strength, Christ our righteousness. Let us ask Isaiah who is to be our strength. Well, he answers, and it comes echoing down along the lines to our time: "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:6.) Is not that enough for us? Cannot we cover ourselves all over with it? Do we need any of our own self esteem? No, we cannot have that. We must hide in Christ, and we can hide in the mighty strength of Israel's God. Thus we work to meet the powers of darkness. We fight not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and power, and spiritual wickedness in high places. And it is only in Christ that we can meet them. . . ."  (Vol. 6 Manuscript Releases 9.2)

Every day we must go to the crucified and risen Jesus, and lay hold of the merits of his blood for our sin.  And He will protect us.  He is our Hiding Place.  If we know how to go to Him in relatively peaceful times, we shall know His safety and security in the greatest time of trouble to face this earth.  What a precious experience this Hiding Place is.  We can trust the living, eternal God.  He loves us.

Have you been to the Hiding Place today?

I have.  Jesus is my strength.  He is my hiding place.  I am hid with Christ in God.  I trust His protection and guidance.  I am not afraid.