Practicing Transparency with God

Many years of my life went by before I knew I could be transparent with Jesus.

I am not sure anyone ever directly told me this, but I grew up thinking that I wasn’t supposed to talk to God about what I was feeling. I’m quite sure I thought He wouldn’t notice, anyhow.

I thought He was too big to see or notice me. 

I had been pretty closed off with practically everyone I knew, and I was the same way with God. Years would go by before I even attempted being transparent with Him.

As I gradually learned how to share with Him what was going on in the depths of my heart and life, (often testing the waters, first) I slowly started realizing it was ok to do this. And it wasn’t just ok, but it was something that became so healing for me.

Are you able to be transparent with Him about the pain in your heart, and even be willing to admit when you need to turn away from something that has been pulling you away from Him? 

Have you been able to be transparent with Jesus? 

The situation you feel you can’t talk to Him about is the same situation you might need to talk to Him about. Learning to be transparent with Him can help set you free from the shame that often tries to hard to keep you quiet.

Part of practicing transparency with Jesus is having an awareness that He is with us always. We don’t have to wait to go to church or a conference to pour our hearts out to Him and hear from Him. He is with you always.

Practicing transparency with Jesus is something that can be part of our every day lives.

We all know the Holy Spirit is here with us, but when we have an awareness that He is truly here with us and waiting to talk with us, we will know that we don’t have to wait for the “big stuff” to pour our hearts out to Him. Then when the big stuff comes, it won’t be so excruciatingly difficult to talk to Him openly about it.

I encourage you to start practicing transparency with God, if you haven’t already. Talk to Him in the car. Do this out loud. Be transparent. 

Say the real stuff, not what you think you should say. 

He is waiting to build this kind of intimacy with you. Start out with one sentence if you don’t know how to say any more.

Maybe you used to do this but stopped. Don’t let guilt and condemnation continue to stand in the way. You can begin again. Pour your heart out to Him. 

What is something you can be transparent with Him about today?