Playing Hide and Seek with Truth

Most children learn to play the game of hide and seek. When this game is carried over into adult life, it produces conflict with others as well as internal conflict. We hide what we're ashamed of, what we fear would be detrimental to the status quo we’ve established.

The truth we hide from others, we attempt to hide from ourselves, which then creates guilt and shame. Eric Hoffer’s, book, Passionate State of Mind, warns, "The weakness of the soul is in proportion to what we’ve hidden in our soul." How do you hide the truth from yourself? By denial, which is a defense mechanism that damages your self-esteem and integrity.

Jesus came into the world to reveal the truth. Albert Schweitzer wrote, "Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now and most assuredly when it seems highly unsuitable to the actual circumstances." Whatever truth you need to reveal to Christ Jesus and others, God will give you the courage to confess it now, today. Trust him to do so.  

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So Jesus said to the Jews who believed in him, “If you live in accordance with what I teach, you are really my disciples, and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.”

~John 8:31-32 Williams – New Testament in the Language of the People