Why are You Hiding?
Read Jeremiah 16:17
Today’s Truth
Just because we know God sees everything doesn’t mean we don’t try to hide our sins. We hide them from family, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, and the people we see at church every week. Sometimes we do our best to hide them from ourselves. And even though we know God knows, we often think that if no one else can see our sins and if we’re not acknowledging them, they’ll simply go away. Sometimes we ask God to take our sins from us, but we call them just that, “sins.”
Discussion Questions
- Is there a recurring sin in your life that you wish you could stop? Say it by name before the Lord. Ask for forgiveness, and boldly ask for a change in your life.
- Have you acknowledged a particular sin in your life before God, but you just can’t fully let it go?
- Are you willing to be the one someone else can come to confess their sins? Think about your best friend and the “worst” sin you could imagine. What if that person came to you and confessed that sin right now? Would you judge them?
Life Application
The first step in breaking free from any particular sin—especially one that is reoccurring and that we try to hide and ignore as much as we can—is to acknowledge it before God. Acknowledgment means confessing to God that you have committed a sin and calling that sin by name. Acknowledging sin isn’t about whether or not God knows about it. We already know He does. It’s about taking the first step to changing and healing in His strength.
