Transparency

Last week I rearranged my bedroom.


I have two windows in my room, side by side, that were covered up by my dresser and other things lately. Well, when I changed my room around, I noticed how nice the view is out of the windows. It was like a new perspective.


I looked out the window this morning and realized that I can see through the small patch of woods that is right outside.. to the road that is on the other side. It is easy to see in the winter, because the leaves are off of the trees. The patch of woods has become transparent. As much as I love the leaves and the Summer, I really enjoy being able to see the road through the trees. Nothing is hidden.


This led me to write this blog. As I was gazing out the windows today, God brought to remembrance how the fig leaves hid Adam and Eve's sin. Hiding is easy to do...or so I have thought. It is easy to hide in a big group...put on a smile and no one knows you are hurting. It is so easy to hide in a busy church...dig into ministry and no one knows what you are dealing with.
But hide from God?? I don't think so. God knows our hearts and thoughts better than we know ourselves. We can try...sure...but who are we really hiding from? God or ourselves?


When God was "looking" for Adam and Eve, he called out, "Adam, where are you?" Do you REALLY think God didn't know where Adam was?? I heard it preached once that God knows exactly where you are. He knew exactly where Adam was. He knows what we are going through. He just wants to see if you know where you are. In sin? In hiding?


Be transparent with everyone. It is OK to cry...it is ok to admit your mistakes to others. No one is perfect. No one should condemn anyone...we have an enemy that does a good enough job at that alone.
God Almighty wants us to come to him in pure honesty. The word says to confess your sins one to another (James 5:16). Be honest...have accountability.