John,
I know and feel how much we are hidden in Christ. It is amazing how much so. I have spoken so plain to some people (as others have done as well, I am sure) about what it true about the spirit of God, and they never flinched. They did not hear what I was saying because God hid it from them for our sake. I have prayed many times if he ever opens someone’s eyes to see what we are really doing that we can take the hatred and the way they will treat us. I pray, “God, let me have the faith to stand and honor you, no matter what!”
I think about Jeremiah being thrown into the mud-pit for telling the truth, and how badly he was treated his whole life. If God did not have us hidden in Christ, we would be treated the same way as all the prophets that went before us, and you would be in jail, or dead, and maybe some of us as well. Thank you, Jesus, for your hiding place, and for each other. I love the book, “God had a Son before Mary did”! The Son was hidden, and yet he was revealed through out all the writings in old times for us today. No wonder “the hidden things belong unto God”! For this purpose, we are hidden and belong unto God! Wow! What an honor to be hid by Him!
Thank you John,
Stuart