Don’t Deny It
Have you ever denied something about yourself to someone
else or even yourself? Maybe you’re a dude who likes the Hallmark
Channel, but you deny it to your friends because you don’t want them to see you
for who you really are? Maybe you’re a lady who enjoys the
occasional conversation about how the Hogs defense can’t cover a pee-wee team,
but you keep that to yourself since your friends aren’t into that. Maybe
you’re a guy who doesn’t like to be dirty and has this thing about hand-washing
and taking multiple showers a day. Whether you can relate to any of
these or not, there is likely something that you don’t like others knowing
about.
If you’re wondering which one of those I am, let’s just say
that I think the Hallmark Channel was created to punish me and I’m not a lady although
I share the sentiment about the Hogs defense. So I like to be
clean. What’s wrong with that? I don’t like being sticky
and frankly I’m not sure why anyone would. I often stare at my kids
in amazement and wonder how they don’t have the sensation or feeling to know
they’re sticky and have food all over their face and hair. I was
eating Doritos as I’m typing this out and I had to wash my hands because they
felt just a little grimy. Sue me, I like to be clean.
All of this just rose up in me after I read 2 Timothy
2:11-13 today. It reads:
This is a trustworthy saying: If we die with
Him, we will also live with Him. If we endure hardship, we will
reign with Him. If we deny Him, He will deny us. If we
are unfaithful, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny who He is.
This really sticks out to you as you’re reading through it
and especially after you read that He will deny you if you deny Him. Following
that logic, you would think that if you were unfaithful then He would be
unfaithful to you, but that’s not what it says here in 2 Timothy. Even
when we are unfaithful and turn our backs on Him, He remains faithful to us
simply because He can’t deny who He is. He is the perfect picture of
faithfulness. While we’re often trying to hide and deny certain
things about ourselves, God is the same yesterday, today, and forever and He
can’t deny who He is. His word clearly says who He is to us and there’s
no way He can deny any of it. He is good. He is
love. He is faithful. He can’t deny it.
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