NULLIFY YOUR CONFIDENTIALITY

Everyone protects their privacy! No one wants to expose themselves to the world. Yes, and that all right.Yet today I am compelled to bring something that might sound strange in your ears.I take off with a scripture so that I may be rightly understood.

If we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness,we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light , we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His son cleanses us from all sin.
1John 1:6 NKJV

As a Christian believer,this scripture is very applicable in our lives. The progress of our relationship with God depends on our closeness for fellowship and consistent interaction with His grace.It is a valuable choice to walk in the light for there Christ Jesus shines for us.
  I began with bringing out an issue of confidentiality. This term stands for every matter to do with privacy.
And I said that many people are so much conscious of their privacy. Yes and for your information I concur with this endeavour.
Psychologically basing , I think that one reasons behind privacy protection is concealing weaknesses and shortcomings.Of course there are many reasons behind privacy protection.
However in this case,I will major in one; that which is triggered by realisation of one's weaknesses and shortcomings.I will tell you why.
Funny enough,and many can attest to this,that there are bundles of  issues that married couples don't know about each other.
The human heart harbours hundreds if not thousands of secrets. I wonder why. Yet I believe that the nature of men is so.No one can open out their heart to the base to pour out all to a fellow human being . That's why many Christians  today still lie. Back to the beginning of human fall.

And  they heard the sound of the Lord walking in the garden in the cool of the day, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Then the Lord God called to Adam and said ,"where are you? "
So he said,"I heard Your voice in the garden and I was afraid because  I was naked; so I hid myself. "
Genesis 3:8-10

Why would Adam and Eve choose to hid themselves from God? Privacy, they realised they were naked. This is a weakness whose solution could only come from the God they hid from.
  Back to the topic on exploration; nullify your confidentiality! If you are a believer who walks in uprightness of the heart, you will not hid but rather expose yourselves to the Lord who has a solution to your problem. Comfortably and in repentance, you drop your loads to the Cross of Jesus. Simply because you walk in the light that shines on every dark thing in your life and have encountered the saving power of the cross of Jesus by grace the of God.
Love covers a multitude of sins . That's why John is very confident, majoring on the understanding of the Love of God that cultivates confidence before God. In the first scripture we read in the first letter of  John, we  clearly see that he understood well that being defensive before God(walking on darkness to hide sin) is not a remedy for sin but rather walking in the light of Christ and having fellowship with another which is the best avenue that let's the blood of Jesus Christ cleanse us from all sin.
If we tested the good mercies of God and the glory of His saving grace, we ought not to resort in concealing our sins.For instance David thought he would hide his adultery sin by directing the murder of Uriah. Yet guilt increased and he had to go back to repentance. How you would stop being so defensive and making your matters look confidential before Almighty God! He knows every fine detail of your secret life. Oh and that's deeper than being hypocritical! 
Naturally, people who harbour some fishy things in their social lives are so confidential with their lives that they can sacrifice monies and even hurt others who look  like intruders  to their privacy.
I am outlining of course the cases that befit the normal living course across all classes of people of a society. I don't say that you go out there exposing your business agenda, bills, partners and so own. I simply mean living a transparent life as a believer.
 When we approach the Almighty God in prayer, it should be totally a different story. This is what I bringing in your ears, quite convinced that it will now sound familiar to you.

Come to me,all you who labour and are heavy laden,and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.  Matthew 11:28-30 NKJV

This is what it simply means to come before God .Releasing oneself bountifuly and unsparingly.Anything else doesn't matter if He is not eminent in you. Job seems to be so much defensive in his situation,  yet he humbly goes down in repentance after Elihu  explains God's justice very categorically to him. Letting out our nakedness  before the Almighty is a secret we must learn to apply in our worship and Prayer ti God.After all He knows every secret of human heart. No thoughts of our ever wandering minds surpasses His knowledge. It only results to guilt and condemnation to justify our sins and hiding them. Note then; that your confidentiality doesn't matter to Him, neither does a diplomatic approach. Simplicity and broken heartedness bits every wisdom of men.Disclose your privacy to God,open yourself to Him, and when you come out, you will never be the same.
No amount of self effort on defensive living against the justice of the Almighty are resourceful whatsoever. We are therefore under obligation to submit to the right Judge with no defence whatsoever and stand rest assured that He will place us in His everlasting mercies.

We must therefore expose our hearts to Him in submission and drop "confidentiality" accepting nakedness before Him,  so His glorious grace may cover our lives and cause us to live righteously.To human beings is our endless fear of confidential exposure, to the Almighty God is an obligation that's retreats to Him  for more than scrutiny leading to a defenseless interaction through His overwhelmingly abundant grace to forgive and restore our weaknesses to strengths.
  Finally,the environment that holds our minds captive to the truth is cultivated in an atmosphere that has no room for self defense or Justification of  sins. It is founded on the true work of the cross of Jesus that makes the mind of a believer subject to the righteous judgement of the Almighty God. If we accept ourselves and walk confidently to Him on account of His provision (grace), we will catch His attention and have His countenance shine on us.
How sincere we approach God, justifying none of our sins, and being desperate for His infilling truth will give us peace, confidence before Him and life in abundance. Now you know what nobility entails.

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