-Exposure-

My pastor opened the sermon this morning with two words:

expose yourself.

Let God see you naked.

Psalm 139 talks about how God sees everything we do. He is always with us. He formed us in our mother's womb. He knows when we are waking and sleeping. He knows when we come and when we go. He knows us intimately.

He sees our flaws, our nakedness. Vulnerability exposes ugliness. If you don't expose it, how can you fix it? Don't be afraid of the intimacy that God desires.

But that intimacy is terrifying. I'm afraid of letting God see me naked, although He already knows what's there. He knows my fear and desires to turn it to peace. He knows my failures and desires to turn them to victory. He knows my ashes and desires to turn them to beauty.

So why am I so afraid?