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I have written before about the call to be honest, especially with God. It’s wonderfully liberating to know that we can bring the whole of ourselves to him in the knowledge that the more honest we are, the more he is able to transform us.
However, there is a potential problem with this as when we are truly honest, we might not like what comes out of our mouth or goes through our mind. We are only too aware of our shortcomings, our tendency to compare ourselves unfavourably with others, or to feel a sense of failure when we hear others sharing how much God is using them. |
. . . the more honest we are the more he is able to transform us. |
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Don't let anything deter you . . .Yet nothing should deter us from seeking to spend time in God’s presence. Our confidence in doing this is that even before we made any move to turn to God, he loved us so much that he gave Jesus for us. The same pure and spotless Jesus bids each of us to come to him and promises that he will never turn us away.
With these promises in mind we can approach God with the confidence that whatever we feel about ourselves, in him we will find both a tender heart and a listening ear. John Ryeland |
