Enjoy The Silence - Day 4

Hebrews 4:12-16

Jesus, You are not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with my weaknesses. You know how I struggle with pornography, sexual immorality, lust, greed, deceit, and contentment. You were tempted with all of these things, yet You, in Your holiness, were without sin.

It is human nature to be frightened by the thought of exposure, scared that someone may come along and let out to the world our true selves. Why don't we feel that way about God? He sees everything we do, hears every thought in our mind, knows the inner workings of our heart; no secret is held nor action hidden from His eyes. Yet that does not seem to change the fact that we continue to do things that we know are not pleasing to Him, we continue to do them, just as long as no person on earth finds out.

We should be ashamed. We should be horrified that the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, the One to whom the heavenly hosts sing praises for eternity, that the Lord God Almighty sees what we do when we are alone, that He hears the awful things we think, and that He knows the evil that dwells in the recesses of our hearts. We should be distraught and full of sorrow.

But Oh! How great is our God! Endless in His love and mercy! All He wants is for us to come to Him, with all of our baggage and burdens, and to lay them down before His throne, at the feet of the Father. He loves us unconditionally, just as we are. Can we not give up our secrets and let God enter and rain down His glory on all areas, public AND private, of our lives?