Be Hidden With Christ!
"For you died, and your life
is hidden with Christ in God."
Colossians 3:3
A businessman was often asked what he did for a living.
“I sell underground condominiums,” was his serious reply.
After enjoying questioners’ puzzlement for a few moments,
he would say, “Actually, I develop cemeteries, the land, the
burial plots, and so on.” This amusing answer was a great
break in conversations, but it raises an interesting question:
Can we live a life protected from all earthly circumstances?
Is there a more practical way than living underground?
The apostle Paul suggested something along those lines:
We're “dead,” but instead of being buried in the earth our
life “is hidden with Christ in God.” That being true, it also
means that nothing can touch us apart from the will and
purpose of God.
We're protected and provided for today and every day
until we go to be with Christ in eternity. It is the same
image we find in Psalm 91:2: “[The Lord] is my refuge
and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.”
We live in a day when the future is more uncertain
than ever. But if you're in Christ, you're protected
and provided for in Him.
