About once a year, I reread the book The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom. Have you read it? YOU SHOULD! Oh, it’s so good. It is the story of the goodness and faithfulness of the Lord in very dark times. It takes place in Holland in World War 2. Corrie and her sister are in their 50s, living at home with their father, and helping him run the family watch/clock shop. They are believers who take in Jewish people and hide them in their house when their lives are in danger. Eventually Corrie and her family are caught and taken to a concentration camp where terrible things happen. But, the Lord is there the whole time with them. God is SO REAL in this book. Of course He is real all the time, but whenever I finish this book I say, I want to know the God of Corrie ten Boom. The God who gets you through the terrors of war, who performs miracles, who acts and loves us and gives us hope every day. The God of Corrie ten Boom is our God. Why do we so easily forget?
One thing that Corrie and her family cherished was Scripture, and the daily reading of it. While she was in the camp, her most treasured possession was her tiny Bible that she smuggled in. Her sister, Betsie, showed enormous faith and knew that her purpose in life was to tell people about Jesus, whether at home, safe and cozy, or in a cramped, flea-filled barrack, filled with sick, hopeless prisoners. It didn’t seem to matter to her where she was, she was happy for the opportunity. She loved the Lord so much. If you want an example of what it looks like to love and serve the Lord in any circumstance, I recommend this book.
How have you seen God work in your own life? Do people look at your life and say, “I want to know their God!”
Pray through the Colossians passage:
So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.
We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light. For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins.
Amen.
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