I write this blog not from a place of knowing best but rather from a place of a man who God is challenging to come closer to Him. I like many of you am facing a choice of how to handle what the Lord has revealed to me about me. It is from this position that this is posted...
How do you handle what is set before you? What do you do when the Lord comes to you and pulls back a layer of yourself and reveals something to you about yourself that you did not know was there? Something deep. Something not as beautiful as your exterior polished self. Something in you that may be keeping you from getting closer to Him or that might keep you from fulfilling your destiny. What do you do with that?
Many of us will and often have pushed these things down deeper, or attempt to sweep it off to the side and ignore its presence. Some try to push past it hoping that it will disappear in the past as they push forward. This is the natural human response to such things. Often it is our go to response. Even in the non spiritual side of things we find this response in our human nature. When someone comes to you and says you did x,y,z our first response is to blurt out "no I didn't" before we even hear what x,y,z is. Who likes to be told that they did something wrong or missed something right in front of them? No one. The problem is that this never works. When God brings up an issue or reveals something and we push past it, deny it, or ignore it then it does not magicly disappear. We actually will find that over time we will again circle back to deal with that very same thing. If we do not face it the next time then around the same circle we go again. Some have been stuck on that same circular holding pattern for most of their lives. We can't progress very far foreword if we keep looping back to the same place over and over.
I am so thankful that God does not pull back layers and reveal things to us in the same manner that man does. Man often comes to us out of a position of finding fault and does so with the intent to tear us down and build themselves up. God on the other hand reveals things to us so that we can go to a deeper more intimate place in our walk with Him. The pain caused by mans approach is often enough of keep us from wanting to face what has been revealed to us by God.
Another response to a revelation of something within us is to do just that. To face it head on. This approach will often be painful and require courage. It may require us to be vulnerable and find someone to walk through it with us. It may require time and commitment, accountability, uncomfortable self sacrifice and dying to our own will and desire. This path is not fun to look at and is tough to swallow. When the Lord reveals something to us He does so out of love and is there to walk with us through it. If we are willing to turn and face whatever it may be then the Lord will be there with us. He does not pull back a layer and reveal something deep with in us to bring pain but so that we may be closer to Him and go further in accomplishing the destiny that He has placed before us. Scripture says it like this. "They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it." (Hebrews 12:10-11 NIV)
What will you do? What will you choose? I encourage each and every one of you to choose to face that which has been set before you. When the Lord reveals something deep and tarnished with in you I would implore you to face it head on and with His help push through so that you may in turn become closer and more like Him. I say to you, humble yourself before the Lord and face that which is deep in you. The Lord believes in you enough to show you that which you did not know. Press into Him and do not turn your face from Him. As we each face what the Lord places before us take courage in knowing that He has revealed it because wants a closer walk with you. Submit yourself to the Lord and take strength from His love for you.
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