HIDDEN IN GOD OR HIDING IN FEAR?

February 15, 2026

 

 

One of my favorite childhood Christmas gifts was a red and black Mickey Mouse–shaped Polaroid camera. It was the instant camera where you pushed down one of Mickey’s ears and the dark film would slide out. At first, you couldn’t see anything—but when exposed to light, the picture would eventually appear.

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We live in a time where people want everything instantly. Instant grits, instant potatoes, TV microwave dinners—you name it. It’s almost as if we want to skip the development process. But if a crawling caterpillar never enters the dark cocoon stage of development, it will never grow wings and become a butterfly.

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Psalm 91:1 (KJV) tells us, “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” When broken down in plain terms, it means this: whoever lives in the secret place of the Most High will remain stable and protected from exposure.

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Esther, a Jew, had to hide her identity during the process of becoming queen because if it had been exposed prematurely, she and her people would have been killed. Why? Because Haman, who served the king, was offended that Mordecai—the man who raised Esther—refused to bow down to him.

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Just as eating food that isn’t fully cooked can make you sick, premature exposure can take you out. Being hidden until proper development takes place is required.

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As David’s popularity grew, he had to go on the run from Saul, who wanted to kill him—hiding in fear from cave to cave. The same David who killed Goliath was now running. The irony.

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David had the skillset to take out Saul, yet he still chose to hide and run. Just like David, many of us are running from something God has already graced and developed us for—because of fear. Fear of answering the call. Fear of taking the lead. Fear of stepping into the spaces God created specifically for us.

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Let’s make it practical. You haven’t written the book, enrolled in school, gotten the certification, or started the business because you feel inadequate—or you’ve convinced yourself it’s not your time or season. But to everything, there is a season. So how many seasons are you going to let pass you by?​ You were called for such a time as this.

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God has given us the ability to overcome every adversary—including the greatest one: ourselves. Yes, the enemy is an adversary, but how we see ourselves can be the biggest obstacle of all.

 

God created us in His IMAGE. Don’t let what’s in your IMAGINATION keep you hidden any longer.