The above is a picture of my cozy home...at least, it was my hiding spot for about an hour during the counselor hunt. It was cramped, muddy...and surprisingly not very buggy. Then again...any bugs (or other critters) that were in there were hopefully scared away by me because they didn't show their faces/feelers/claws/fangs. Those pipes you see - they're water pipes, the main water pipes for the camp. I was warned not to break those pipes...cause not only would I be wet but (more importantly) the camp's water source would be disrupted. So, you can imagine how carefully I tried to be in there - I certainly didn't want to be the one to blame for a lack of water throughout the entire camp. Breaking the pipes is probably frowned upon.
Upon being in this little hole, I read for most of the time (I brought a flashlight with me). About forty minutes into the counselor hunt I had already had several groups of campers walk over the lid of the hole, stomp around a bit and inquired of each other where they thought I was hidden at. Ha, you can imagine me smiling as I sat underneath them while they tried to figure out where I was at.
Think about this - I was hiding for a game but what if I was hiding for my life? What if I was being hunted because of my religion? For my belief in Christ? How many believers would give up their entire life in order to hide and spread God's Word? And how many would pretend or even denounce the name of Jesus to continue to fit into society?
I am afraid to think of it but I fear that the time where Christianity will no longer be tolerated is fast approaching. Unlike today where Christ is scorned and made fun of - in the future speaking the name of Christ or congregating as a Christian become illegal. What then? Do we blend in and rely on the grace that has saved us and we live to survive comfortably? Or do we hide to survive so that we can risk our lives again to proclaim the message of Jesus?
Would you hide in a hole - for hours (or days) on end - to get a chance to share an illegal message that would alter where a single soul would spend eternity?
Would you?
1 comments:
Ryan, I think so many Christians in the U.S. need to be asked this more than they are - because honestly, we're promised persecution; we're promised to be hated.
Honestly, the thought of being "hunted" really scared me last year when I was planning a trip to India. The idea of it or the actual happening of it will never scare me enough to lead me to rejecting Christ - but the thoughts of it last year scared me like no other. I was told tons and tons of stories from people in India about persecution and things that I could expect. It scared me... it still sometimes does because I still plan on going in a few years since things fell through last year.
But, I think being "hunted" would show who truly loves Christ with ALL that they are - and who fears people more than they fear God Himself.
Hmm... I'm glad you wrote about this.
Check out my blog as well - I stopped writing for 2 months but now I'm back at it. So read/comment. I'd love to hear your thoughts. I have one coming soon that I'd really like ya to read.
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