Treasures Hidden in Secret Places

We have a short time to go before our national elections and the pundits have already claimed the victor. Their projections may be accurate. There are many serious issues within our country at the moment and all of the candidates are doing their best to “scratch the itch” that will get them elected (the economy, taxes, healthcare, jobs, etc). There is a greater issue though than any of those listed. It is an issue of profound and eternal implication. It is the Sanctity of Life – and one candidate – the popular media candidate – the projected winner – the one many believe is so charismatic - will likely change the playing field as he appoints liberal Supreme Court justices in his term. And here is where some of you reading this will vehemently disagree with me – his election will be a mistake. A huge mistake. And the Church is disturbingly silent. As a result, many Christians are no different than non-Christians in their worldviews and their actions.

There is no greater value than human life and that life from womb to tomb should be treasured and protected. Our family heard a church pastor say this from his pulpit very clearly last Sunday. Thank God for his courage. Many pastors and church leaders do not say anything for they fear the opinion of their people, the backlash from their community and even the dip in the offering plate.

The divine value of human life transcends anyone’s right to chose whether an infant lives or dies or for the government to legislate the “appropriate” end of life. We need men and women who will defend life at all costs and not give in to the politically correct media or their partisan base of donors. When life is destroyed at our discretion, we are destroying the treasures that the Lord has provided to bless us. We are denying God His sovereignty and taking our place on His throne.

I will give you treasures hidden in dark and secret places. Then you will know that I, the Lord God of Israel, have called you by name (Isaiah 45:3)

Our culture has shifted (sunk) so much that we are willing to destroy the “treasures hidden in dark and secret places” for reasons that may be personal, financial, convenient, political or otherwise. And that is both tragic and wrong. In our “enlightenment”, we believe that we are the author of life. Wrong.

We are not the creator of life, we are only instruments used for the reproduction of human life. Ask any couple who agonizingly waits for the child they do not have, and you will know that we have no real control over when life begins. The Lord does. He alone is the creator of the “treasures hidden in dark and secret places”. He alone determines when the treasures are hidden in the secret places of a woman’s body. Life begins and the treasure is formed long before the woman even knows of it!

My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. (Psalm 139:15-16)

To acknowledge this truth about the value of life takes courage in the face of mocking crowds, laughter and ridicule. The leader who takes this stand to protect the treasures hidden in secret places will be recognized by the Lord. The leader who does not will be judged. As a democratic country, we the people decide who leads. We alone have a choice for what our future will be. Dark and dreary or full of life.

The one who rules righteously, who rules in the fear of God, is like the light of morning at sunrise, like a morning without clouds, like the gleaming of the sun on new grass after rain
(2 Samuel 23:3-4)

The opposite of 2 Samuel is equally true if our leaders deny God His throne and permit destruction of His treasures hidden in secret places. The American people will decide their fate soon.