My Bible study group just finished Beth Moore’s Sacred Secrets study. It was not her typical Bible study. She based it upon a weekend ladies’ seminar. I enjoyed the subject matter but struggled somewhat to apply this to my life. I consider myself to be out-there with most people about how I feel and what’s going on in my life. It wasn’t until the end of the series when God really spoke to me. It doesn’t matter how big or small my secrets are: I still have secrets. When He prompts me to share these secrets or to ask someone to hold me accountable to something and to reveal my struggles, and I choose to not move forward, I sin. It is at this point I choose to make my secrets sacred…I put them before God.
Well, now, that really got me thinking. I never imagined hiding something would be my idol. So, I thought long and hard. I asked for forgiveness and asked for accountability. I began to tell some what I felt God was saying to me. I needed others to know so I couldn’t brush off my laziness when the time of accountability came into play. I love how God can use anything to open our eyes to His refining fire if we are willing and available. In the final chapter Beth rights, “May God do a work in us when we are in the secret with Him that will resound around this world and echo into eternity.” (87)
Ironically, I had to be in my secret place with God to discover what secrets I was holding back and putting before God. When was the last time you entered into your secret place with God? It can be both a scary and glorious place. Go, meet with God and learn your secrets.
© 2013 Susan M. Sims
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Thank you, Susan. This seems to be delving into the transparency issue again, doesn’t it? It can be very difficult.