Hidden Places

I was reading from Ezekiel this morning, where the prophet was told to dig into a wall, where he found a door.  The Lord told him to go through it and see what the people inside are doing.  He saw, among others, the seventy elders of Israel, who were doing detestable things saying, "He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, 'The Lord does not see us..." (Ezek 8:12).

It seems amazing that these ancient religious and spiritual leaders of the land would think that what they did in a hidden place would not be seen by the Lord.  However, not only was it true of them, it is true of many church leaders today.  Hotel and motels have found that pornography channels spike upward when a convention of ministers stay at their facility.  There seems to be the thought that what they do out of town or in a hidden place is not noticed by God.

Of course, this mentality is not reserved to religious leaders - husbands, typically, across the country stay up after their children and their wife is in bed to do the very same, logging on to porn channels or watching television programming they wouldn't want their family or others to see.  It is foolish to think that one can keep their hidden activities hidden forever.  But it is absolutely laughable to think that God will not see it considering "Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account" (Heb 4:13).

The truth is that there are no hidden places, no secrets, nothing that is not known by God and will not be discovered by others.  Your life is an open book before God and your choices will be recorded in His Book.  Those things one chooses to do in what they believe to be a hidden place will be recalled by the Lord on the Day of  Judgment - and on that Day, you will have to give an account.  What will you say then?  How will you answer Him?

May I offer a suggestion?  Lay your hidden choices, hidden agendas, hidden desires before God now instead.  Fully and freely confess your sins, seeking God's healing, for "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness" (1 Jn 1:9).  Chose to do and say the same things in the open as you would  do in hidden places.  And, stay out of hidden places, live your life in the light not the dark.  Jus' Say'n.