A Transparent Life

Transparency is a useful thing. Why, I remember when I put leftovers in the refrigerator then had to open the lid to see what was inside … then shut it real quick (if you know what I mean). Those days are past because now we can see through the container if it looks edible or if there's anything moving!

God wants our lives to be a display of truthfulness, much like the transparency of those storage containers. Ephesians 4:24 says, "put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth." I like how F. W. Robertson explains truth as a "thing of habit rather than of will." Sadly, many Christians live a life masked by imitation holiness. One of the best exercises in understanding how God knows us is to stand before a mirror naked -- I never said it was pleasant. Every wrinkle, blemish, scar, roll exposed, nothing hidden from view. God's motive in exposing the condition of the heart is quite simply to reveal what is wrong and by grace make it right -- righteous and holy according to The Truth of Himself. That's when we can live a life unmasked, a transparent life to a world that needs to see Christ.