When I truly began applying spiritual principles in my life, not
just paying them lip service, I had to address my “secret room.”
Employing rationalization and justification, I had sold myself a bill of
goods to neatly lock away the things I was not proud of, poor choices,
bad behavior, secret fears, resentments, etc out of sight. When the time
came to ruthlessly face my past, the reasoning that locked these things
away melted like a late spring snow. The process required placing them
on paper and then saying them aloud to a trusted adviser. When this was
completed, it felt as if an actual weight had been lifted from my
shoulders, it was a stunning moment. This happened many years ago and in
the intervening years I have watched the same transformation happen in
hundreds of lives, the only requirement for successful consummation of
the process being that they were thorough and honest in clearing out
their secret room, for The truth will set you free.
A few weeks after revealing the inventory of my secret room, I asked
God to enter every nook and cranny of my life, to short circuit any
false notion that there exists any aspect of my life that God does not
know about. Looking back it seems foolish that I believed I could “hide”
things from God, but I did. A wise teacher said to me many years ago
“live your life as if it is being filmed, a permanent record available
to any who would care to look.” In truth, no camera eye follows us
around (thankfully), but the eye of God does (thankfully). Clear out
your closet if you have not already, for God already knows what is in
it. Tear the door of your secret place off its hinges, and live in the
light, free of the fear that hides in the shadows.
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