Genesis 3:7-10 depicts the aftermath of the fall of man. In this passage Adam and Eve have already eaten of the fruit from the tree of life that God has forbidden them to eat and their nakedness was revealed unto them and after hearing the voice of the Lord calling for them they covered themselves with self made materials to hide their nakedness from God.
This passage of scripture is full of rich revelation and prophetic insight about the relationship between us and God after our fall from glory. See so many times in life we are taught and conditioned to hide our flaws from people and to take refuge in our strengths and be shamed of our weaknesses.
Due to this form of thinking it makes it difficult to accept the glory and grace of God when we enter into a relationship with Jesus by way of His sacrifice. It has been my personal experience that the biggest mistakes made in ministry and in personal walks with God is that we always hide ourselves from God, we try and hide the sins that so easily besets us, we try and hide our lusts and our addictions. We are taught to look, act and dress holy but in our hearts and minds we are full of dead men's bones.
We have a form of Godliness but are denying the power thereof. And this makes us ineffective in bringing deliverance, healing, restoration and even salvation to God's people. The biggest mistake that Adam and Eve did was hide themselves from God. They covered themselves with man made clothes to hide their nakedness from God who has and still has the power to heal, fix and change any are of your life that is flawed.
In this passage nakedness symbolizes their weakness, their vulnerabilities, their issues, their sins, their stuff. Just as it was back then so it is today. We as modern day believers hide our nakedness from God. We hide them behind titles, behind degrees, behind hats, behind tailored made suits and gator boots. We hide them behind mega churches and fancy pulpits. We are operating out of the influence of personality charisma instead of the influence of the Holy Spirit.
We have become walking corpses in the spiritual realm. Because we are spiritually dying due to our lack of transparency. It's not until you confess your sins that salvation is obtained and through salvation you gain access to the power and workings of the Holy Spirit. After this you have to submit to the will of God. You have to lay it all out and allow God to pour into your Spirit. The problem is instead of laying our issues and sins at the feet of Jesus, we cover them up and pretend to be okay. We replace our issues with religion and think we have mastered the art of fooling God. We have erred in our thinking. For the bible declares that God knows the hearts of men and he has numbered every hair on your head.
So if he knows how many hair strands you have then he knows you have issues with homosexuality, he knows you have a sex addiction, he knows you are a lier, he knows you struggle with anger and drug addiction that's why He has been calling out to you, that's why He has been knocking at your door to give you the chance to ask for His help, to ask for His hand. For the bible declares that if a man seek he shall find, ask and he shall have and knock and the door shall be open unto him. God has never been a God of hostile take over. He will not force you to come to Him, He will not make you ask for His help. He gives you free will to choose you this day whom you will serve.
That's why transparency is so important because transparency is the tool to your transformation. It is not until you become transparent about your issues that you can start to receive help. Let me put this in natural terms. Unless a sick persons goes to the doctor and tell him their symptoms, the doctor will never have access to provide them with the resources needed to heal them. See the doctor has already been qualified and skilled to have the resources to heal your sickness but he can not give those resources to you until you ask for them.
Like natural like spiritual. Jesus because of the cross has already gained authority and power and position to give you the resources needed to become healed but He can not give you those resources unless you come to him and ask for them. If you don't ask God to heal you, you won't ever be healed. If you don't ask God to save you, you won't ever be saved. If you don't ask God to deliver you you won't ever be delivered.
See asking is very important because in asking you have to confess and admit that you have an issue that needs to be taken care of. Your asking shows and tells God that you need and trust Him enough to deal with your issues. It wasn't until I started telling God that my same sex attraction was taking control of my life again that I began to gain power, It wasn't until I realized that we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the power of our testimony that I started to become transparent before God and man.
My transparency allows you to see the power of God work in my life and allows God to work in my life to show you that He has the power to heal, save and set the captives free.
The bible tells us we are to be a light unto the world and our transparency is that light, through our transparency people are able to see Jesus, the bible says that He is strong in our weakness. So the more we are transparent the more the strength of Jesus is revealed and the more Glory our Father receives!!!!
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