God's goodness over our lives far exceeds anything we've experienced. We've only yet

splashed around in the shallows of God's deep love and mercy. In order to dive deeper into the

fullness of life available to us, we must learn how to posture our hearts.

May your relationship with God be enriched this week as you position yourself to receive

all your loving Heavenly Father has to give. Welcome to the First 15 podcast. Our scripture for today comes from Hebrews 4 verse 13.

Scripture says,

And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him

to whom we must give account. I've spent countless, exhausting hours in my fleeting life,

working to portray myself as a person I know I'm not.

Whether in relationships with friends, family, my spouse, or God, I find myself consistently

creating a facade for myself. I hope others will like better than who I actually am.

I feared that if I truly opened myself up to others and got rejected, I would have nothing

left.

If I am fully myself, will I be enough?

Hebrews 4.13 says, and no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and

exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account. Scriptures like this used to seriously

frighten me. The idea that an all-powerful, all-knowing, and perfectly holy God

knew everything I had ever done was too invasive for me.

If I couldn't even muster up the courage to truly be myself to man,

how could I handle being naked and exposed to my Heavenly Father?

It wasn't until I began experiencing the powerful, overwhelming love of my Heavenly Father

that these frail, false constructions began to fall apart brick by brick, lie after lie.

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