A God Who Hides Himself
A GOD WHO HIDES HIMSELF
Scripture Reading: Isa. 45:15; 1 Kings 19:9-18; Luke 24:13-37; John 20:11-29; 1 Pet. 1:8
Have you ever noticed this statement in the Bible—"a God who hides Himself"? I have tested numbers of brothers and sisters with this ques tion and have made the discovery that scarcely any of God's children have realized that His Word contains such an expression; nor do they really know God as a God who hides Himself. They know Him as the almighty One, as the righteous One, as One full of grace and compas sion; but as the One who hides Himself, He is unknown to them.
Note how Isaiah expresses this thought: "Surely You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel." This statement of his is most emphatic. He is not talking empty words, the fruit of his own imagination; his utterance is based on an accumulation of facts. He has looked at those facts, he has studied those facts, and then he has come to his conclusion: "You are a God who hides Himself, O God." What he has seen of God's