Hardly Hidden

During World War II , Germany had devised a plan to antagonize Britain by flying bombing runs to their mainland. The plan was to force the British fighter force to be spread thin in 'standing patrols,' which would require planes in the air flying ready at all times. As soon as fuel ran low, however, the patrol would have to land, perhaps without seeing an enemy, and fresh aircraft would take off. This process would have wasted precious high-octane fuel, pilot time, aircraft, and engines. Fighter Command 
in the Battle of Britain could not have sustained such an effort. It was a clever plan 
and one that could hardly fail.

In September 1940, Winston Churchill visited the control room at RAF Northolt to watch the air battle in progress. It was the height of the Battle of Britain.

Even when flying at night or emerging through cloudbanks, the German pilots were soon stunned to discover British attack aircraft waiting in position to deliver devastating defenses. German U-boats were coming under attack from British ships that came seemingly from nowhere to the perfect attack positions.

What the Luftwaffe had not realized was that their evil actions were being watched by an invisible and undetected force made practical by a top secret invention, the cavity magnetron, created at Birmingham University by John Randall 
and Henry Boot. The cavity magnetron was an ingenious electromagnetic device that allowed microwave signals to be transmitted by a small antenna. (Today you probably have a cavity magnetron in your kitchen - it is the heart of every microwave oven!)  It was the first practical modern radar! Even though the German pilots thought they were operating in secret, their EVERY aerial move was not cloaked in secrecy, but made visible by an unseen force.

Today, many people remain comfortable in sin thinking that their actions are cloaked in secrecy, tucked away never to be discovered. But the Bible teaches that God's revealing light shines into the far reaches of man's actions, illuminating both that which is GOOD and that which is EVIL. "No creature is hidden from Him, but ALL things are naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account" (Hebrews 4:13). No matter in what situation we may find ourselves, we are ALWAYS under the unseen but watchful eye of God.

Jesus said, "For there is NOTHING HIDDEN which will not be revealed, nor 
has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light." (Mark 4:22). Solomon knew that "God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil" (Ecclesiastes 12:14).  "For we must ALL appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad" (2 Corinthians 5:10).

The judgment of God need NOT be feared by one who is in Christ (Rom 8:1).  He's not "out to GET us,"  He is "out to SAVE us!"  Because of His GREAT love for us, God sent His Son to die for our sins (1 John 4:9-10).  To be found IN Christ... one must:  believe in Him (Acts 16:31), repent of sin (2 Corinthians 7:9-10), confess Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and be baptized (immersed) for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38; Galatians 3:26-27).  To remain IN Christ... one must continue to walk in the light of God's word in order to be continually cleansed by the blood of Christ (1 John 1:7-9).

Hide YOUR sins?  Hardly!  --GOD KNOWS ALL--  Yet, your sins can be "hidden"  in Christ, IF you will surrender your life to Him.

God bless you!

-- Terry Livingston / David A. Sargent

Church of Christ at Creekwood 
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama  36695

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