The Bible says in 1 John 1:7 that we cannot have fellowship with God if we do not walk in the light. If we walk in the light, we certainly can’t hide anything, for the light exposes everything.
If we walk in the light, our life is an open book. We can then invite people to examine our private life, our account books and everything. There is nothing we want to hide.
It doesn’t mean that we’re perfect. No, it only means that we are honest.
The first thing that God requires from all of us is honesty – absolute honesty. If we are willing to be honest first, many of our other problems will be solved very quickly.
We will progress in leaps and bounds in our spiritual life if we live by this fundamental rule of honesty before God and men.
It is a great grief to God that there are so many Christians today who have been born again for twenty, thirty or forty years, but who haven’t progressed spiritually because they have not learned this fundamental lesson of being honest.
We can’t progress if there is hypocrisy in our life. Our prayers will not be heard.
We must recognize that our true spiritual worth is what we are before God and nothing more than that.
The critical question we need to ask ourselves is, "What does God, who can see into every area of my life, think of me?" The answer to that is the real measure of how spiritual you are.
I love those words that Jesus said about Nathaniel, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile" (John 1:47).
Nathaniel was not perfect. He was imperfect. But he was honest about his imperfections.
He didn’t pretend to be something that he wasn’t. That’s where Nathaniel was different from Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5:3 – who lied to Peter pretending to be something they were not.
Today, will you walk in the light and be honest about who you are – or pretend to be something you are not?
Zac Poonen
Bible Teacher/Pastor/Author
www.cfcindia.com
© Zac Poonen. Excerpted and adapted from his recent writings.
Your comments, thoughts or suggestions are welcome. The body text is by the author, the header and the words in italics are mine – John B. Samuel
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