As we are called to 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 could never be fully loved if someone saw all of us.

Today we'll explore why being fully known before God is so important and life-giving.

May you walk away today free from shame and fear after having faced a holy God

vulnerably and having encountered his unconditional love.

Welcome to the First 15 podcast.

Our scripture fore 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 are 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, in 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

complements the image of perfection we've worked to create, we are all the time

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