As we are called into the light, we are called to be fully known.

Many of us shudder at the thought of complete, total vulnerability,

and fall subject to the lie that we can never be fully loved as someone saw all of us.

Today, we'll explore why being fully known before God is so important

in life-giving. May you walk away today free from shame and fear after having faced a holy God

vulnerably in having encountered his unconditional love. Welcome to the first of teen podcast.

Our verse for today comes from Luke 8, verse 17.

Scripture says, for nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light. To live in secrecy before God, man,

and yourself is to live in darkness. We are made to be fully known. We're made to be open and

vulnerable. It's only in the place of living fully known that we can truly receive the depths

of God's love for us. It's only in being fully known that we discover who we really are and the immensity of our need

for God. Our culture values perception above reality. We work tirelessly to create an image of

perfection in the minds of others that requires a constant covering up of who we truly are.

We work to build up a facade, a false outer shell, and attempts to keep in darkness that which we fear will cause rejection.

But the greater our facade, the less we are truly loved.

When someone loves an image we've created that we know isn't truly us, we can't receive that love. When someone compliments the image

of perfection we've worked to create, we're all the time thinking, if you only knew who I

really was, you wouldn't be saying those things.

To be fully loved is to be fully known. The sobering truth of Scripture is that God already

knows the secrets of our heart, and will one day bring them out into the light, whether we

desire it or not. Hebrews 413 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.

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