Who doesn't like Batman. I mean as a kid I wore my grandpa's button down shirts like a cape. I'd fly through the house. It was awesome.
Think about Batman. He is strong. He is smart. He is awesome.
Sometimes he is not excited about being Batman. He has to hide behind a mask. He doesn't want the responsibility that comes with his position. Etc.
We as Christians get like that sometimes. We hide behind a smile, behind activities, behind events, behind our jobs, behind our roles. We say don't worry about us as we continue to strip others of the ability to truly know us.
Generally speaking, when you hide it's usually because you don't want something seen.
We may have a past, but when we hide our past we diminish the work God has done in our life by not allowing others to see how far we have come by His grace. Hiding only diminishes the work He has done in our lives. It doesn't make you feel better or even help the situation.
The women at the well ministry led some in service last night at our church. They laid it all out. All of their past. All of the ugly truth. You know what was interesting about it? They weren't hiding and they weren't ashamed. Could you get up and tell things that are so personally deep and not even blush?
These women did. The funny thing is that they didn't even flinch. They truly had found peace and love in Jesus Christ. When we become so secure in our love with Christ, our testimonies will become a thousand times more effective because we won't be ashamed to say, "Look what God got me out of."
Most of us are too ashamed and worried that people will look bad upon us, but don't let that dampen the power of what God has done for you.
Each person I know has their own story. Their own, "Well, you don't know what I been through." No I don't, but God does and if you are still here, chances are He brought you through it so share it with someone else not as dirty laundry to put in public, but as a testimony to the greatness of God.
Hiding is something we can do, but it does nothing. Choose not to hide behind the mask.
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