The Secret Things Revealed

The past month I've been noticing in many different ways, through many different encounters, that more and more, God is revealing the things being done in secret. When I was growing up, my amazing, God-fearing, spirit filled mom used to always tell me that anything done in the dark will always be brought out by the Light. It took me a fairly long time to fully grasp what that really meant because sometimes we have to experience those things that are told to us before we can fully understand them! Of course, when I fully understood that statement, and the application of the Truth behind it, I was dumbfounded how simple it really was in the first place! Looking back, I had a process to work through in order to "get it" but that doesn't really matter now because I DID "get it."

Let's take a look at some Scriptures that speak this very profound thing.

Luke 8:17, "For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light."

Luke 12:2-3, "For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. v3) Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops."

Daniel 2:22, "He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with Him."

Light Reveals the Darkness

In reality, no matter how hard one may try to hide who they REALLY are, it ALWAYS, and I do mean, ALWAYS, comes out. You simply can't hide who you are. Much more can be said if you are in Christ. If you're called "son" or "daughter" by God our Heavenly Father and you've been saved by Jesus Christ, then you have been given new life through the Holy Spirit, and THAT means you can’t keep it hidden. It will always be made manifest, because the "light" that is glowing inside of you, the Light of your undeniable faith will eventually be revealed.  Even if you try to cover it up or hide it or not speak of it. It WILL be revealed. This is a good and powerful and positive thing! So if we can't hide who we really are and if we're also called a "son" or "daughter" in Christ, we can't hide the Light inside of us, then anything we do, or say, in secret, hidden and dark places will also be revealed and be brought to "light." So negatively, the same is held true as well. If the heart and/or mind is dark and rotten, and if there's darkness within your soul, it, too, will be made manifest. It has no choice. Inevitably, it'll come through in your speech, whether in words of anger, jealousy and hatred, or through the sweet words of manipulation, the darkness will always be brought to light. No matter how hard you try, no matter what kind of appearance you put forward, what you are, and who you are, will be revealed. With that said, what's more, WHO you belong to will also be revealed through what is revealed as well.

The above Scriptures and the application of the power behind them, should really make us consider our own actions a little more carefully, and do so with fear and trembling. We should be asking ourselves, "What have I done that, if revealed, would end my career, marriage, ministry, relationship, or anything else I have been blessed with?" Or with the words we've spoken, we might want to ask ourselves something along the lines of, "What have I said, or even thought (thoughts BECOME actions, both verbal and physical) that would put the worst of rants to shame? What words have I spewed that would tear down the spirit in another?" Nothing we have done or said or thought are a secret to the Lord. Nothing.

Even in the beginning, in Genesis 3:8, trying to hide from God because of sin was started in the Garden of Eden, "They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden." Each individual inherently KNOWS, without a doubt, that there is a right and a wrong, good and evil, and God and devil. And because God created us TO know Him, then we know when we've done something sinful. It's ingrained in us, in our DNA. That's why we have "guilt" and are convicted of those wrongs and sins. You see, people avoid God all the time for many reasons but primarily because of sin and rebellion. Sin keeps them entangled in bondage, choked by the chains that weigh them down, holding them back, while the shame and guilt keeps them right there in the thick of things, in the heat of it. But you want to know what God says? In Ephesians 5:11-14, "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. v12) For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. v13) But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. v14) Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light."

It is imperative for all of us to drag our sin(s) into the light so God can set us free from them. We can do it willingly or we can try to be "stronger" than God and fight Him from revealing them for us. Bad news. You will lose the battle! God will reveal them even if you fight Him on it. Why? Because He wants us to be free and not enslaved to sin. He wants us to cleanse all of the secret things and the dark things so His light can fill those spaces illuminating them so as to kill the darkness! But we have to be willing to let go. To stop struggling with Him. To be willing to swim in His refreshing living waters. I know there are some people out there who struggle to even see what sins they have in their lives so if you are one of those people struggling with this, then you need to open up the bible and start reading. God WILL reveal those things to you through His word! Whenever you spend time with Jesus Christ in the Word, He will reveal many of your struggles then help you through the healing process! How AWESOME is our God! However, if you try to hide from Him; if you reject Him, then eventually your sin(s) will destroy you and everything else around you in one way or another.

Now with the above said, I want to say that every single time I see more news about someone doing something they’re not supposed to, obviously thinking they won't get caught, it breaks my heart just a little bit more. Even though a little part of me is disappointed in those people that commit those "sins," it's more about my disbelief that people actually STILL think they can do whatever they want, whenever they want and to whoever they want and get away with it or think they'll never get caught. Please remember, whatever you do when there's no one around will ultimately and eventually be found out. It might not happen at first, and it may take awhile, but it will be found out. It’s inevitable. We all hide something, from someone, and sometimes we even try to hide those things from ourselves, trying frantically to convince ourselves it's OK. We all have done things when we’re alone and nobody is watching. We've all done things we weren't supposed to do and worse, that we aren't proud of. People do things when they think no one is paying too much attention that hurt them, and worse, that hurt others. Sometimes the damage and pain and harmfulness is immediate and apparent. But then other times, we don’t get caught right away so we just keep on doing those things that we know we’re not supposed to be doing BECAUSE we got away with it. But the latter is the dangerous one and where it can lead to getting out of control.....addictions, obsessions and whatever else that the mind can conjure up. It's where we can get ourselves in too deep, so much so that we think we can't get out of it so we continue to swim down the muddy rivers.

Light ALWAYS Prevails

The thing is we all mess up from time to time and we've ALL messed up in the past. We're all damaged, broken and flawed people peppered with plenty of emotions that sometimes we allow to get the best of us. This is a simple, yet sad truth. It's not about if we mess up or try to hide something in the secret places of our minds and hearts but rather, it’s what we do WITH the mess up and the slips and slides, that can, and will, make us or break us. We can mess up and ask for help, seeking forgiveness, and try to repair the hurt and damage, but it might be long and painful process. It's better and much mentally and spiritually healthier than hiding it, suppressing it, and trying to keep it in the dark. No matter how long and painful the "recovery" is from our "mess-ups", it WILL get better. We are promised that. Healing and forgiveness are truly one of the most powerful gifts from God and no matter how hard we try, we can never understand or fully comprehend it. But, you see my dear readers, friends and brothers and sisters in Christ, if we don’t stop the madness long enough to ask for help, or cry out to those that love us the most, and do battle against our struggle, we won't be able to bring down the very destruction that will ultimately ruin us and in many cases, others. The things that are secret and done in the darkened places of our minds and hearts, can and will ruin lives, trust, faith, marriages, love, friendships, children, memories, businesses, respect, and a million other things that have been placed in our lives!

Since God sees ALL things in ALL people, then nothing we do or think or feel is ever hidden from Him. Jesus Christ is the Light of the World and if you are save by His Grace and sacrifice on the cross, then you possess the same Light because it lives IN you and will shine THROUGH you. Our sins and wrongdoings will be brought to Light, but some may only be brought to our own recognition and not to others around us unless we choose to share those struggles with the ones we love and who love us in return. However, I want to make it perfectly clear, as you look around at the lost and unsaved, and throughout this fallen world, you will see a trend of darkness coming to light all over the place. Those things done in secret that people think, mistakenly, will never be found out, has already been known first by God the Father and God the Son, but secondly, the darkness is drawn to the Light and it always finds its way to the light. Always. Things that are done in secret and held captive by the darkness, can manifest itself through our physical being, spiritual being or our emotional being. It can and almost always WILL, harass us, taunt us, haunt us, and affect us in all sorts of unhealthy ways. I've always taken my past to the Lord Jesus Christ and laid it at His feet, but then there are many times I've needed the shoulder of someone who loves and cares for me and who is willing to pray for me and with me. God put people on this earth to help us, to encourage us, to assist us with our healing and to love us through the pain. Yes we are to go to Him first and foremost, without a doubt. But holding in the darkness and the secret things can also cause more harm than what it already has caused by the actions or thoughts in the first place.Being tormented by the secret things aren't what God wants for us! He wants us to be free and cleansed!

There are all sorts of "secret" things that can and will, in time, be revealed. There are secret societies, secret pacts, secret oaths, secret sins, secret clubs, secret fraternities and secret "knowledge." Every single thing, including those just named,will in time, in God's perfect time, be revealed and it will all come to light. There's a whole "world" of dark and secret things. But that world won't or rather CAN'T survive without Light! That whole underbelly of secrecy, darkness and evil will flee at the slightest flicker of light because one slight flicker of Light is MORE powerful than the whole of the world of darkness! Lest we not forget that!

As is human nature, we are quite sloppy in our daily comings and goings if you really think about it. I mean, we like to "talk" and "brag" and "share." In this age of technology, it's gotten completely out of hand. What we once shared with a few close friends, is now being "shared" with thousands of people. Nothing is intimate any longer so therefore, nothing is secret, held as silent hostages and so much more things done in secret are finding their way to the light!!! Keep that in mind when you decide to air your "dirty laundry" on a post on FB or a video on YT. Human nature is to be with people, to communicate with others and to share with those we trust. But at the same time, it's also human nature to want to share those things that have been shared with us and for those who can't seem to hold their tongues, they spread it around like wild fires in the dry forest! Not everyone, but a lot. This is how people get "caught" when they think they've been successful in their feeble attempts at some kind of wrong doing or sin or injustice towards others. There was a recent crime committed that I read about and it made me shake my head in disbelief. The details of the crime isn't important however, what they didn't know, is. They were in the middle of their crime, thinking nobody was around, nobody could "see" them, nobody would catch them. They took all the proper "precautions" as a "seasoned" criminal might. A few days later, they were caught and identified. But how? A night owl pulled out their cell phone across the street in a different building and caught them in the act. What was done in secret and in the dark was later revealed and brought to light. The one with the cell phone who couldn't sleep that evening did the right thing.

Reveal the Hidden Things

I try to ask the Lord to reveal anything that I need to know, to reveal the truth in the midst of the lies, to reveal the light in the midst of the darkness, to reveal what might be a hidden agenda in the midst of a trial. I ask this a lot from Jesus! I know I live in a world of secrecy and hidden things. I know people have turned against one another and have distanced themselves from human contact so much so that a real conversation is hard to hold with someone because they're used to texting short, chopped up texts to eachother and no using their voices to be heard. I know we are all broken and flawed and we carry hurts from our past. But I know when I ask the Lord to protect me from the secret things and to reveal the things done in secret, in His time and in His way, they are answered. I also know that sin thrives in an environment that is full of darkness, lies and secrets. So, for all of its fearsome appearances, the kingdom of evil actually is very weak structurally. If you venture to turn on the light, all the cockroaches scramble to go under the refrigerator, behind baseboards and in cupboards. Why? They SEEK THE DARK!!! Pull one, tine single string, and the whole ball of yarn unravels. Isaiah 29:15-16 tells us, "Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the Lord, And their works are in the dark; They say, "Who sees us?" and, "Who knows us?" 16) Surely you have things turned around! Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay; For shall the thing made say of him who made it, "He did not make me"? Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it, "“He has no understanding"? The same exact light that makes all the world's plants grow to be strong, hearty and plentiful is the same light that dries and hardens clay. You see, the light is the same LIGHT, but the response to the Light is completely different! John 3:19-21, "And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20) For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21) But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God."

Secrets are temporary and don't last long, not to mention you can't count on them to remain the same. But you most definitely can count on the Light to be the SAME and everlasting and trustworthy and permanent! Matthew 10:26-27, "Therefore do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known. 27) “Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops." The real temptation is for us to boldly reject all of the pain of conscience, the pain of the realization of our own sinfulness and imperfections and the consequences of those actions/thoughts. To our minds, it actually appears to be better to just endure the pain of sin and avoid the light that will expose those sins. It's the Light of God's goodness that shows us up. It's God's Light of scrutiny that exposes us, the light of truth that penetrates our deception. So what we feel safe and comfortable doing is to secretly confess our sins to God, asking for His forgiveness. And He WILL and DOES forgive us as He has promised. However, we will likely go right back out and do the same secret thing again in the vicious cycle of sin because honestly, and scripturally, we need more than forgiveness; we need HEALING. If we aren't healed then we continue in the same muddy waters we were in before when we thought nobody was watching. But God's word is very clear as to what is needed if we wish to really break free. Here is a profound Scripture to instruct us on what to do. James 5:16, "Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much." This verse does NOT, in any way, point a way to salvation or REPLACE our confessions to the Lord God Almighty!! This verse is about confessing to one another (our brothers and sisters in Christ) so we can pray for each other and be HEALED of the transgressions. Prayer is the center of the verse. I wanted to make that clarification first! We are also told to carry the burdens for one another as well so we can see how important a role that we play in the healing of the individual from repeating sins.

Since God is Light, then we had better start getting used to Him always being ever-present. When we move INTO the light, allowing the Light to take up residence in our spirits, it means that our deeds, clean and unclean, will be exposed for others to see. We have to count the cost because He already knows, but now others will know too. In God's Light, pride melts away like wax, and the impulsivity of sin and flesh is to hurriedly run for cover, to hide our faces, to crawl in a dark shadowy space. But, if we simply resist the temptation to "darken the light", then God will illuminate all of the weaknesses that we foolishly, and sometimes invitingly, "stumble over." The great thing about this is it's part of the "truth" that will "set us free." It's THE TRUTH AND ONLY TRUTH!  Psalm 51:5-6, "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. 6) Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom." And also in Proverbs 28:13, "He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy." Our words are also able to be brought to Light as well! Look at what Luke 12:3 says, "Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops." 

Those hidden things done in secret and the hidden sin ultimately involves the compounding sin of hypocrisy. Hypocrisy means "the practices of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense. a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess." Secretly sinning, or doing hidden things, actually intensify a persons guilt because they add the sin of hypocrisy to their offense. Hypocrisy is a grave sin in its own right as you look at the definition, you understand why. It can also produce a debilitating kind of guilt, because by definition hypocrisy entails the concealing of sin. And the only remedy, the only cure, is for any kind of sin to involve the uncovering, or unveiling, of our guilt through sincere confession to Jesus Christ. Hypocrisy, therefore, permeates the soul with a predisposition against genuine repentance and that causes more strife. That is why Jesus referred to hypocrisy as "the leaven of the Pharisees." Luke 12:1, "In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy."
Hypocrisy works directly against the conscience and causes a split in convictions and belief systems. There's no way to be hypocritical without searing the conscience. In essence, then, hypocrisy inevitably paves the way for the most vile, soul-darkening, character-damaging secret sins. Hypocrisy compounds itself, just like leaven. So please beware of that sort of leaven.

So whatever you’re hiding, whatever you're secretly doing (or saying in thoughts or words), whatever feels too broken and flawed and guilt-ridden and dirty and shameful to be brought to the Light, I want you to open up the Bible and seek His TRUTH about such matters and allow the Lord to reveal to you what you can't see with your worldly eyes! Seek Him first. Confess your sins and brokenness to Him then find someone who truly loves you and ask for help. Ask them for prayer to help you over come your transgressions. Life can get a little scary at times, and trusting someone may be part of your problem. But God will always place someone in your path, in your life, that will pray for you and that you can trust! Trust Jesus Christ FIRST. Seek Him FIRST. But know, that even though you may feel the damage can't be healed or repaired, it CAN! I know that thought seems scary. But let me assure you, seeking help is infinitely better than being caught or continuing to "hide" the wrongs that have been done by you. By not talking about some things to those who have been placed in your path by the Lord, can get stagnate and the stench of the problem begins to overpower anything else that is trying to permeate through the dark. Don't let that happen because it's just a vicious cycle! There is going to be destruction and consequences and pain either way you go, in whatever way you choose to deal with it, but it will be much less painful and less messy if you stop hiding!

I think that lesson has been pretty apparent in the media recently. Let’s stop waiting to get caught and start seeking light.

Your secret life is the real litmus test of your character! Proverbs 23:7, "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he....." Do you REALLY want to know who you really are and what you really represent? Then I suggest that you take a long, hard look at your private life, your private thoughts, those innermost thoughts. By gazing into the reflective mirror of God's Holy Word, you will allow it to disclose, reveal and ultimately correct, the real thoughts and motives of your heart.

Jesus Christ is the ONLY Way! He is the TRUTH, the LIFE and the WAY!
John 14:6, "Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."


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