HIDDEN
Today's reading: Psalm 38-41

"I have not kept this good news hidden in my heart; I have talked about your faithfulness and saving power. I have told everyone in the great assembly of your unfailing love and faithfulness." Psalm 40:10 NLT

Hidden-being out of sight or not readily apparent; obscure; not easily found or recognized.

A friend of mine has a pre-school aged son who is a hoot!

This little guy keeps all of us entertained with his antics, his quirky behavior and his use of grown-up words coming from a tiny body.

Like last week...

Last week my friend informed me of this little guy's refusal to say his memory verse in his church class.

It's not that he didn't know it. He did.

He clammed up when it came to saying it to his teachers. Wouldn't open his mouth for anything. Not a peep.

When asked why he wouldn't say the memory verse he very clearly knew, the little guy's answer was this, 'I'm hiding it in my heart.'

Yes, it's scriptural. Yes, it's guaranteed, by God's Word, to always be in him. Yes, at a point in time when it's needed, that seed will be there ready to sprout. But this time, in this instance, at this point in this little man's biblical education--he missed getting his 'patch' because he kept it hidden. He didn't get the evening's reward because of his unwillingness to share what he knew.

How many 'patches' are you and I missing out on because we aren't sharing with the world about God's faithfulness in our lives?

Are we clamming up?

Are we keeping it to ourselves?

Are we saving it for a better time, a more opportune moment, a grander audience?

Are we thinking our presentation might be lacking, our words not grammatically correct or our stories not interesting enough?

We must tell the world what God's done for us...not hide it from them.

We cannot keep it hidden.