" NO MORE HIDING "

We are a full day into a new week and I want you to know that you are very special in the eyes of The Lord Jesus Christ. This week we are looking into " HIDING " so strap in and let's get started. It would appear that man still doesn't get it. Allow me to take you back to the garden just for a moment. I chuckle with the thought of two humans covered with fig leaves trying to hide from the All-Seeing, All-Knowing God is truly humorous to me. How could they be so silly as to think that they could actually hide? Yet we do the same, acting as though God doesn't know what we're doing. Have the courage to share all you do and think with him. And don't try to hide - it can't be done. Honesty will strengthen your relationship with God. Job declared that he did not try to hide his sin as men often do. The fear that our sins will be discovered leads us to patterns of deception. We cover up with lies so that we will appear cool to others, please get this, we cannot hide from God. Question, do you try to keep people from seeing the real you? When you acknowledge your sins, you free yourself to receive forgiveness and a new life. I'd like to return to our friends in the Garden. Now, after Adam and Eve ate from the tree, they recognized that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings. You see Adam and Eve felt guilt and embarrassment. Now a guilty conscience is a warning signal God placed inside of us when we've done wrong. The worst step you could take is to eliminate the guilty feelings without eliminating the course. That would be like using a pain killer but not treating the disease. Be glad those guilty feelings are there. They make you aware of your sin so you can ask God's forgiveness and then correct your wrong doing. Until Next Time... Jim,