I found myself crouching in the corner of my bed quivering with fear with the blankets pulled up over my head. I had just had a dream or was it a nightmare? I dreamed that I was standing in the middle of Times Square in New York City stark naked and everyone was laughing at me. They had discovered all my weaknesses. They had determined that I was not really a Person of Faith. Sometimes dreams reveal our fears and insecurities. Sometimes they serve to remind us of our weaknesses. Sometimes they show us how much more faith we really need before we can stand before God as people of faith. In order to peel away years of feeling insecure, we have to strip away our inhibitions and use our imaginations to find our true inner feelings of faith. The time to do this is now. Stop worrying about revealing your weaknesses to your friends and family. Stop worrying about how you appear to strangers. Stop concerning yourself with how the public will view you. The only one that you truly have to concern yourself with is God. God knows all your fears. He knows all your weaknesses. He feels your pain. Before God we all stand naked. He knows what is in our hearts and souls. Are you ready to stand naked before God? Are you ready to reveal to Him your innermost feelings? You can tell God anything. You can expose your true feelings of faith to Him. You can show God that you do believe in Him and that you do have faith. You can let God know that you have faith in Him even though you can only imagine his grace and his glory. Hurry, God may be waiting to hear from you. Copyright Arthur Levine 2006 Please feel free to use this article as long as credit is given to the resource box. |
