Hide My Face

Deuteronomy 31:17 – And in that day I will become angry with them and forsake them; I will hide my face from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters and calamities will come on them, and in that day they will ask, ‘Have not these disasters come on us because our God is not with us?’

Ezra 8:22 – I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, “The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him.”

Isaiah 50:6 – I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.

Ezekiel 39:29 – I will no longer hide my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit on the people of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

Micah 3:4 – Then they will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer them. At that time he will hide his face from them because of the evil they have done.

Application:

• ·         Scripture speaks often of unholy shame and on occasion of holy shame.
• ·         Beatings were for criminals or fools.
• ·         “I will pour out my Spirit” was the gift of God’s enabling Spirit
• ·         Disobedience leads to separation from God.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV