HIDDEN GLORY

Great miracles don't always happen in the open. Jesus, the Son of the God of Glory was conceived in the hidden place of the womb. This divine miracle happened in "the secret place" which is the term God uses for the womb (Psalm 139:15). The angel Gabriel told her that the Holy Ghost would come upon her and "thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS" (Luke 1:31). Although this conception was hidden, Jesus came forth to be revealed to the world as Savior and Deliverer.

It is similar with every conception. It doesn't take place in the open for everyone to see. God's handiwork (for only God gives conception) takes place in the recesses of the home and in the womb, the hidden part of the woman.

But, this miracle doesn't stay hidden. Children are born who will one day come forth from the home to reveal God's image in the earth.

In Psalm 128:3 God also gives the picture of the wife in the heart of the home (the Hebrew word means "the recesses, the inner part.") Is this because she is insignificant? No, it's because she is dwelling in her glory. God uses the same word "recesses" to describe the wife in the home as He does for the "inner sanctuary" of the temple where He dwelt in His Shekinah Glory (1 Kings 6:16)..

From the recesses comes forth great miracles and "sharpened and polished arrows" to change the world.

Blessings from Nancy Campbell