Do I have any Secrets?

S – Romans 2: 16

 

‘This will take place on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Jesus Christ – as my gospel declares’

 

O – I observe in this verse the need to understand there can be no secrets before the Lord. There can be no contradiction between what is proclaimed on the outer compared with what is proclaimed on the inner. There is the constant mystery that the human heart believes that it can hide from being searched by the Lord. This seems to be the blindness and the deception that is being addressed in this verse. So much I can do in action and word – yet it is in the heart that the transgression and judgment takes place. I think that’s why Righteous government goes past the actions and into the motives of the heart. We can think that our secrets from God are safe – because others don’t know my heart – then neither does God. How easy we find to humanize God.

 

A – There can be no secrets in my life from God. I must have integrity of heart that is always open to His searching and convicting. How often I put this off, tolerate issues and thoughts that are not right. It is then only as I continually repent before him that I keep my heart open and soft. His Righteous laws can only be written and applied to my heart. When I allow this then His Righteousness becomes powerful as a reforming and transforming power in my life. No secrets before the Lord, more confession and repentance of sin and wrong attitudes. Less focus on the outer behavior, more focus and attention to the inner life and responses.

 

P – Lord how powerful is your righteousness. Forgive me for when I think I can tolerate secrets in my heart from you. Forgive me when I do not allow your truth to come and search and forgive. I don’t want to be deceived into living that what is on the outer is more important than the inner of my heart. Thank you for your Righteous government, I want it to come and bring a clean transparency before you.