[Wednesday's Devotional] - Hidden

"There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush.  Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up.  So Moses thought, "I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up."

When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, "Moses! Moses!"

And Moses said, "Here I am."

"Do not come any closer," God said. "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.""
Exodus 3:2-5 [NIV]

Moses is one of many people in the Bible who spent a long time 'hidden' while God prepared him for the work he had called him to do.  Jesus did too – only 3 years of his life, less than 10%, was visible to most people.

All of us go through times of hiddenness; it is an important place for God's work:

"From God's perspective, anonymous seasons are literally sacred spaces. They are quite literally formative; to be rested in, not rushed through – and most definitely never to be regretted… Hidden years are the surprising birthplace of true spiritual greatness"
[Alicia Britt Chole, from the book Anonymous: Jesus' Hidden Years and Yours]

Tim Norman