An Inkling
It’s a skill we learn at a young age and carry forward into
all of life’s endeavors: hiding the truth
about ourselves and our actions, lest we lose advantage or be condemned. And so, for example, a toddler learns to
sneak the forbidden treat, clumsily at first, to his parents’ great amusement,
and then with ever greater cleverness, to his parents’ great distress. But then the parents ply the skill too, and
often without any self-awareness, so woven is it into words and ways of
humanity.
It’s a skill that will be totally obsolete in the Kingdom,
where all will be in the light. So said
Jesus: Nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret
that will not become known. Therefore
whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you
have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed from the housetops.
Being hauled into the light and broadcast from the housetops
is a horror in this world. And so Ashley
Madison clients are horrified by the hackers who outed their affairs, and Planned
Parenthood officials are horrified by the hidden cameras that exposed their
vile calculations.
It’s funny how political loyalties can shape our perceptions. Remember Mitt Romney’s 47% speech, caught on
a hidden camera? The cheering that arose
for that outing came from a different segment of the population than last
week’s revelations. That’s part of the
horror. In this world being hauled into
the light is typically random and often hostile.
Not so in the Kingdom, where the One who brings ALL to light
is the same One who already knows us as we are, and yet remained ready to lay
down his life for us, so that we might live in his grace. And though the Kingdom has not yet fully
come, we who live now for Jesus can already begin to live in his light. God is gracing us to live with him in a
transparency that also brings freedom.
May our lives so illumined point to him.
Blessings,
Keith
