Every moment we make a choice. We make a choice to either
hide or to allow ourselves to be known.
It's scary to let God know us. It’s terrifying to invite Him
to examine our hearts.
Of course He already knows every single thing about us but
its so different to confess it ourselves. To confess, “This is who I am Lord,
every part. Will you still have me?”
And to hear Him say, “I know who you
are. I know everything about you and I will never ever stop loving you.”
Such grace.
Being known by God develops intimacy with God. He knows how I’m feeling, me coming to Him with how I’m feeling is what
matters.
Coming to Him and laying out every part of who you are, brings you to a deeper appreciation of the fact that He loves every part
of who you are. When we don’t come to God with the hard things, its as if we are pretending those things don’t exist. We pretend that
God only see’s the qualities in us that we would like Him to see.
When we bare our hearts before Him we come away assured that we are still unconditionally loved and accepted.
It’s beautiful to think, ‘Jesus knows the ugliness in my
heart today and He loves me anyway. Jesus knows my bitterness today and loves
me anyway. Jesus knows my selfishness today and loves me anyway.'
Think about it for a moment. God doesn't love you because He is obligated to. God loves you for who you are as a person. He loves you for everything that makes you, you.
We do ourselves a great disservice when we hide from God. When we try to earn His approval by presenting Him with what we think He wants to see. More than anything? He just wants your, real, honest heart. He is the one who will accept and understand you in a way that no one else on this planet is able to.
Fear, insecurity, and shame are things that teach us to hide from God. Allowing your whole self to be known by God brings freedom, security, and joy in who God has made you to be.
Knowing things about God and being known by God are two
completely different things. One is simply head knowledge and one gives life. Its one thing to believe that God already knows you completely, its another thing to open up your heart, lay it all out there, and say, "Here I am God."
The other day I said, “Lord I trust you.” And I
heard, “Yes, but are you daily entrusting yourself
to me?”
So I realized I must now choose to entrust to God the
knowledge of who I am, every single part of me, every single day, every single moment.
Be brave enough to let him know you. Trust Him with who you are, who you aren’t, and who you hope to be.
Can we really be known by others until we have allowed
ourselves to be fully known by God? Can we even know ourselves until we have allowed ourselves to be known by God?
It is a choice that we must make everyday. To not
try to put on a show for God but to finally take off the mask and let Him see
us. He is waiting to comfort us, waiting to heal us, if only we would turn to
Him and be real. If only we would let ourselves be known.
Every moment we make a choice. We make a choice to either
hide or to allow ourselves to be known. Today I choose to be known.
