Hidden part 4
I've mentioned a couple of times that what is hidden will always come to light. Its kind of the same idea as how what is inside--or what we believe is inside--WILL come out. It has to. Because whatever it is, good, bad, or ugly, its too big to keep inside. But look at 1 Corinthians 4:5, "Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God." So, like, I'm not talking about deep dark secrets coming to light and hurting people. That can happen, sure, and probably will. Because, as Benjamin Franklin famously said, "Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead." Nothing stays buried forever. People talk. But what I'M talking about, today, is what happens when the Lord comes. When the light shines. Let me say it another way, "Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered..." (Psalm 68:1). Let the light shine, let the darkness flee. And here's where it gets really cool: God is love, right? Love is what is hidden deep inside us, right? So when love shines... love is revealed! Love feeds on love. And what you feed is what will grow. Even the smallest act of charity (love in action) can snowball and grow and grow and grow. The smallest spark can start a Holy Ghost wildfire. And it all comes from the Father of lights. Because WE are the light of the world. When God arises... WE arise. When He shines His light... its us! The hidden man of the heart is Jesus. God in the flesh. Love in a body. God in OUR flesh. Love in OUR body. And, like I said before, what's inside WILL come out. It has to. So its vitally important for us to know what's in there. What's really in there. To look past all of the "stuff" that gets piled up on the surface. The "stuff" that WE so often pile up on ourselves. Unfortunately. But the God comes. Then God says, "Let there be light." Then love shows up to save the day. And that love reveals OUR love. What is hidden comes to light when the light that we are--the light that love is--shines on it. Everything (except maybe mushrooms? I'm not sure, I'm not a scientist) needs light to grow. Even people. Seasonal depression is real. When its gloomy out, we feel gloomy. But on that bright sunshiny day we get a little bit of pep in our step. Its easier to deal with what we have to go through. We get that strength from within. And while it does seem to be hidden a lot of the time... when we put in that maximum effort to get past the surface stuff (our own and each others'), what comes out is extremely powerful. Extremely valuable. People need who you are. The people in your life need YOU to be in their life. We need each other. Life is about relationships. Because life is about love. To live is to love and to love is to live. And love is giving. So you have to have someone TO love. Someone to give what yo've got to. That's why God created us--so that He could love us. So that He could express Himself to us. So that He could give us everything He has and everything He is. Love is only hidden until love shows up and reveals the love that is deep inside!