Come out of hiding

It can be scary to open up and to be seen. The thought of hiding and not experience being fully known and being fully loved has become a scarier thought to me lately though! I have realised how self-protection has been a sin in my life because it is rooted in fear. Everything that is not rooted in faith is sin. I have trusted in my own false protection instead of God’s protection for me. For too long I believed the lie that the heart is protected by not closing anyone in on what I feel, think and dream about.

Surely, we need to guard our hearts with all diligence because all life flows from it! But how do we guard our hearts? By guarding our thought life! God is watching over His Word, not my worries. So I wanna have His word in my thoughts, <3 and mouth.

“The Lord gives the word; the women who announce the news are a great host.” (Psalm 68,11 ESV)

We need to be confident about who we are in Jesus and share what He puts on our <3 and in our spirits and get out of hiding. I’m preaching gospel to myself by writing this now, haha!

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We can easily become prisoners to our own personality or the boxes we have been put in through our lives. We have to dare to rise above! Some of us may like being in the background….but we are called to lay down our lives and it means we are called to stand up for someone’s else’s. Jesus is the ultimate example of laying down his life by standing up for ours! We cannot stand up for someone if we are hiding! It’s tragic when we withhold something good that could help & bless another human being.

We have to let the Lord pen our stories as a skilful writer and not try to take matters into our own hands. We all has something significant to contribute, release & usher into the world – and it looks different for all of us. It could be words that needs to be said or written, art that needs to be painted or hugs to be delivered…

God is so diverse and colourful, and we get to express it when He builds His Kingdom with us, His Church – living stones –  brick by brick.

“Now he’s using you, fitting you in brick by brick, stone by stone, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone that holds all the parts together. We see it taking shape day after day—a holy temple built by God, all of us built into it, a temple in which God is quite at home.” (Ephesians 2,19-22 The Message)

We need to come out of our shells because we have a story to tell. It’s time to break free from our shells in Jesus name! We are not doing it in our own might and by our own power but by His Spirit. God wants to scoop all insecurity out of us so we can become alive to the talents we have graciously been given and shine with the personalities He created us with.

“No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a washtub or shoves it under the bed. No, you set it up on a lamp stand so those who enter the room can see their way. We’re not keeping secrets; we’re telling them. We’re not hiding things; we’re bringing everything out into the open.” (Luke 8:16-18 The Message Bible)

We need to enlarge our comfort zones and illuminate fear from stopping the potential God has stored inside each one of us.

Sweet Jesus loves us too much to let us go stagnant through life. Instead He is the great Adventurer who daily woes us and leads us onward and upward in LIFE that’s only found in the person of Himself.

Let’s dare to take the next step of obedience, whatever that might look like! Disobedience to God’s ways and workings in our lives, is the result of thinking that God’s way is not the best way. How sad! Let our hearts cry be to never live in such deception of our Lord and King.

But let’s never forget that victories are won in private. Therefore, God has us in hidden seasons too. If He puts us out there immaturely, we can cause people or ourselves harm when we minister from unhealthy places of insecurity and bitterness. There in the hidden we are not forgotten but carefully sanctified and purified from the inside out. It’s in His mercy that He gently and patiently molds us – His clay – in His Potter hands.

When He sees fit, He will release us to go express something in the earth that can prophesy life into people – where He gets the honour and glory – because it’s His work in us that shines through.

God will whisper things to us so that we can shout of His goodness from the rooftops.

“What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.” (Matthew 10:27 ESV)

It is scary to step out though but I like this quote by Thumper: “If you’re scared, just be scarier than whatever is scaring you.”

We need to be strong and courageous. Lisa Bevere, a prophetic voice in our generation, spoke this strong word lately: “I dare you, I dare you to stop being scared of your strengths in Jesus name.”

It’s ridiculous how satan tries to make us feel insecure – if not of our weaknesses, then of our strengths. When we step into something new, we need to remind ourselves that God is not looking for perfection. He already saw that in Christ. He is looking for our affection!

We are safe with God because we are His priority. Are we never allowed to be hidden anymore then? Absolutely! We are hidden in Him.

“You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.” (Psalm 119:114 ESV)

In God’s story, He is the seeker and we are the hider. I like this song and these lyrics. It’s golden!

God can truly use weak vessels for His glory. Our lives are not our own. We have been bought with a price. Our only qualification is really our disqualification. That’s the gospel.

I pray that we joyfully will lay our self focus on the altar, get out from our hiding places, and seek His glory! Our hiding places look different for all of us and where we need to step up and out really depends on where our journeys are at.

Where is the gentle Holy Spirit inviting you to step out and come out of hiding?

I do pray that you’ll cooperate with the Holy Spirit and allow Him to prepare you for greater things than you’ve seen yet. I pray you’ll experience a renewed boldness wherever you go. I pray that God will be your hiding place and by hiding in Him, you will awake a fearless approach to your next step in life.

God knows you and you are doing better than you think. He’s enjoying watching you step out.

Have fun!

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