NO MORE HIDING!

Lord, today I need a refresher in the things I learned yesterday, so that I can continue to obey You today. 

1 John 2:7-11 

Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.  Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness.  Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.  But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them. 

How much of my life do I spend going around in circles?  How many times do I see the same circumstances appearing in my life over and over again?  The reason why I keep retracing my steps is that I can’t find the path.  I thought I knew where the path was, but the more I look for it, the farther away I seem to be travelling from it. 

There is a reason for this.  The place outside of the path is the darkness.  I can’t find my way in the darkness.  The only way I’ll ever find my way in the darkness is with the Light of Jesus.  I’m kind of afraid of His Light, because I think I’ve been hiding some things from Him that I don’t want Him to see.  If He shines His Light on them, I’m going to have to admit to these things and come clean.  That’s going to be kind of embarrassing, because the reason I’m hiding them in the first place is that I’m ashamed of them. 

What are these things?  I’m ashamed of my role in a lot of relationships.  I know that I haven’t been honest with some people.  I’ve said things that I’m not proud of.  I’ve done things that I know that Jesus wouldn’t approve of.  I’ve harbored anger and hate in my heart towards some people.  How can I claim to know the Light when I’m still hiding these things? 

THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS:  Am I stumbling around in the darkness, simply because I am afraid to reveal the truth?  Today I want to confess these things to Jesus, so that He can shine His Light on them.  He knows about them anyway, and if I think I’m hiding something from Him, I’m just fooling myself.  I really desire to be cleansed from all of these burdens I’ve been carrying around.  I’m also tired of going around in circles simply because I have been running and trying to hide these things.   

Jesus, please shine Your Light on me so that I can see your path!  I desire to repent of the sin that Your light reveals so that I can love and trust You more!