Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the Lord. (Zephaniah 2:3 ESV)
Hiding
In scary movies, the more terrifying the monster, the more urgently the need to hide. A fanged zombie mouse would not concern me all that much. A hybrid King Kong, Godzilla, and the Invisible Man would send me to the hills!
We hide from a lot of terrifying things these days. We hide in entertainment from the fear of bad news. We hide in dessert from the fear of sadness. We hide in work from the fear of responsibility. We hide in self-righteousness form the fear of God’s Judgment.
But there is only one place to hide from God’s Anger.
We can hide in the absolute sure knowledge that God has forgiven His people, because God punished Jesus instead of us.
When Zephaniah writes poetically, “perhaps you may be hidden,” we know he meant, “YOU CAN BE HIDDEN.”
Hiding from God’s wrath is only safe in one place.
Under Christ’s robe. Beneath the cross. Forgiveness is the only place to hide.