Transparency in Christ

"For ALL have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23

You’ve all heard the old saying “Nobody’s perfect” and ain’t that da truth!!! All of us stumble and fall, all of us make mistakes, say things we wish we hadn’t, done things we found out later hurt people, misuse our time, talents and abilities, let people down, act out of our flesh instead of the Spirit. The devil would love to keep us wallowing in our failures and shortcomings, and would love to have others beat us down with guilt and judgmental accusations, but the beauty of our GRACE relationship of with God is that He knows we are weak and prone to stumble, and yet He is there waiting to pick us up, dust us off and send us on our way when we stop and confess to Him that we “ain’t perfect”. Think about it: If we were perfect, we wouldn’t need a Savior! That’s why God sent His perfect Son, He knew we couldn’t live up to the standards of perfection, so His Son was and IS the perfect sacrifice to pay the penalty for our sins… for ALL of us. It doesn’t give us license to continue in sin so that God’s grace can abound, but it does provide a way of forgiveness when we fall short. Halleluiah!!! That should make you wanna SING!!! Like the song, we fall but He Lifts me UP!!! It’s wrong to put anyone on a pedestal and assume they won’t make mistakes along their journey called “life”, we should be praying for one another, holding one another accountable, and ALWAYS minister grace in time of need.

Let us all remember to hold ourselves up to the LIGHT of God’s Word and His love and mercy and grace, and to be transparent in Christ, just like the song “Hold Me Up” talks about. I hear this song on the FSH 95.9 all the time, and it both convicts and compels me to continue to be transparent before God and others, and to lovingly remind other believers to do the same. And when God shows you an area that needs repentance, do not avoid it, embrace it, run into the arms of our Heavenly Father. Take steps to right the wrongs when you can, and apply Grace in all circumstances!

Sister, Lahoma

Here are the lyrics to Andrew Carlton’s great song,

"Hold Me Up"

Everyone's got a hidden agenda
Concealing is a way of life
A simple way to satisfy dilemmas
As long as my tie's straight
The rest will fall into place

I want to be real for you
Father show through me in all that I do
Now I ain't perfect by any means
When I stumble do you question
the message that I bring?

Hold me up to the light
Can you see through?
Am I what you thought?
Everything that you knew?
Transparency in Christ
is all I offer you
When you hold me to the light
Can you see through?

Out on a limb and I'm calling to a Savior
Holdin my breath as the Spirit pours in
Cleanse me of all that is not in your favor
Father I'm whole
I am whole again

-= Repeat=-
I want to be real for you
Father show through me in all that I do
Now I ain't perfect by any means
When I stumble do you question
the message that I bring?

Hold me up to the light
Can you see through?
Am I what you thought?
Everything that you knew?
Transparency in Christ
is all I offer you
When you hold me to the light
Can you see through?

Hold me up to the light
Hold me up to the light
Hold me up to the light
Can you see through?

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