IT WAS broad daylight, but a little boy between four and five years of age was letting down the blinds.
Why did he want to shut out the sweet sunshine, that beautiful day?
Ah! he had been naughty. He had been doing wrong, and felt unhappy, and was afraid. He thought that if he let down the blinds God would not see him. He wanted to hide away from God. He wanted to cover his sin.
Now it is no use trying to hide from God. Darkness and light are both alike to Him. He is everywhere and He sees everywhere. Adam and Eve tried to hide from God behind the trees of the Garden of Eden. Achan tried to hide the things he had stolen in his tent. But God knew where Adam and Eve were. And He knew where Achan had put the gold and other things which he had taken. It is quite useless to try to hide away from God.
In Psalm 139 David asks, “Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy presence.”
When I was a little boy I went io a dark cupboard thinking that I might hide away from God. It was foolish of me just as it was foolish of the little boy who drew down the blinds. But I knew I was a sinner, and I wanted a hiding-place.
Now I have found one. It is the same hiding-place which David found. He said, “I flee unto Thee to hide me,” or “I hide me with Thee.” Yes! God is the best hiding-place. He knows all about our naughtiness and sin but He calls us to come to Him. He wants us to tell Him all about our sins. He has found a way to blot them all out. He gave His own Son to die to put them all away. And if we confess our sins to Him, He will cover them from His sight and make us happy in His presence. Then we shall not want to let down the blinds. The light of God’s presence will only show how snow-white He has made us through the blood of the Lamb.
ML-04/01/1962