The Secret Things by Ps Michael Podhaczky

Have you ever found out about a secret that someone you liked or cared about had hidden and then you have struggled to see that person in the same light? Well, let’s look at this from a different angle. What if that person found out something about you that you were hiding, how would you want them to respond to you? Let us take this a bit further: what if numerous people found out about this thing you have kept secret. How would you feel?

If we are honest, we all have things (skeletons in the closet) that we would not like others to know about us. These may be things that we have done in our past, thoughts that rattle around in our head, opinions or attitudes. At times our mind can torment us regarding our secrets, while Satan can take great pleasure in troubling us over them. Remember, the only person that has ever lived that would not have anything to hide is Jesus Christ.

It is possible that you are in this place of dread or torment right now and are living in fear of one day someone finding out about your secret things. It can be an awful place to live in day in day out. However, there is someone who knows all of our secret things, our Heavenly Father. As David said,

“O God, You know how foolish I am; my sins cannot be hidden from You” (Ps 69:5 NLT)

While Moses said,

“You spread out our sins before you-- our secret sins-- and You see them all” (Ps 90:8 NLT)

So the most important person in our lives knows all our secret things, and He still loves as and accepts us as His children. In fact, He took the first steps in bringing us into His family and forgiving our secret things by sending Jesus as our Saviour, (Eph 1:7). But Ephesians 1:8 says,

“So we praise God for the glorious grace He has poured out on us who belong to His dear Son (Eph 1:6 NLT)

But we will need to confess and repent of our secret sins to Him, as He is faithful and just to forgive all our sins, even our secret things, and to cleanse us (1 Jn 1:9 NLT). Therefore, even while doing this, remember that we are completely accepted and belong to Him, even though He knows about our secret things.

Pause in His presence for a moment and think this over…