Listen

That’s why all the faithful should pray to you during troubled times, so that a great flood of water won’t reach them. You are my secret hideout! You protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of rescue! Selah

Psalm 32:6-7

Think

Did you ever have a great hiding place? Maybe as a very young child you made tent forts with sheets. Eventually, you may have had a treehouse or a favorite spot in your yard. As I’ve gotten older, I find I still need hiding places… places I can be protected from the life around me… places of quiet and peace.

For me this has become my office early in the morning. I “hide” there and retreat into time with God. I find my time is most productive when I can push away the business of life… time I can have intentional communion with my Maker.

Today’s verses tell us that faithful prayer can surround and protect you. Don’t be too busy to find your hiding place. Try to make it a regular place you visit. Enjoy it.

Bill Ogletree

Pray

Gentle God, as I look to start anew in this day, help me to seek a hiding place in you.

May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in your sight.

Amen.

Go

Leave this time, ripe for new possibilities.

Step out of the methodical approach to serving God and into an authentic, intentional faith.

“Make yourselves holy! Tomorrow the Lord will do wonderful things among you.” (Joshua 3:5)