Whenever something hurtful, hard, or painful happens in our lives our most common reaction is to hide. To cover it up. To pretend it’s not there.
But do we do that with anything else and expect it to get better?
When we get a cut or a wound, if we just cover it up and pretend it doesn’t exist, it’ll actually get worse and could even get infected.
For a wound to heal it has to be exposed, cleaned, and treated.
That’s also what it’s like with our spiritual wounds. The places where we don’t want anyone to see. The places we want no one to get close to or touch. But what we don’t realize is by hiding, we prevent healing.
Some of our spiritual wounds have been there for years and they are only getting worse, not better. It’s why many times people have a mid-life blow up of sorts, because something that happened to them years ago never was dealt with.
The beautiful news though is we don’t have to hide. We have an offer from the King of the universe to sit with Him, and let Him make our wounds into scars. And He’s been doing that from the beginning of time. When our first parents sinned, and felt that weight of shame and guilt, they did what we still do to this day—they hid. But God goes walking in the garden looking for them and asks, “Adam where are you?” You can hear the tenderness of God’s heart in the question. He’s calling us out of hiding and into an abundant life with Him.
What if we listened? What if we opened ourselves up to abundance?
Jesus Himself came to us, took our sin in the grave, and raised to new life and offers that to us. We can find healing. We can find joy. We can find peace. We can find abundance. But it only happens when we come out of hiding.
Join Jefferson Bethke and others at the Abundance event in Daytona, Florida, December 4-5, as we explore the efficiency and generosity of Christ. More information and how to register here.
Jefferson Bethke was born in Tacoma, Washington. He’s married to Alyssa and dad to daughter, Kinsley. He wrote Jesus>Religion and It’s Not What You Think. Follow him on Twitter or Instagram @JeffersonBethke or check out his website at JeffBethke.com.
