Topic: Transparency
Text: Psalms 139:7-12

Transparency works like a powerful magnet: it attracts God to those in need of divine intervention. Hypocrisy, on the other hand, stands like an impenetrable wall between the needy and God’s supplies. Right from the beginning of the world, men and women have been putting on the mask of hypocrisy or deception. We seem not to have learnt any lesson from Bible characters. History will always repeat itself.

Today, let us learn a lesson from the fall of Adam. Adam sinned against God then he went on to say, “I hid myself.” This is the most funny of all his statements. Where was he hiding? Behind a tree! Who made the tree? God. By the way, where was God coming from? He was coming from above. Nobody can hide from God.

In our text, David said, in summary, that there is no hiding place from God. You cannot hide what you have dome from God. You cannot even hide your thoughts from Him. Hebrews 4:13 says nothing is hidden from the eyes of Him with whom we have to do: “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.” Hiding from God will not solve your problems. However, if you would open up to Him honestly, He will send His help.

If God were to corner you alone now and ask, “Where art thou, you would need to be transparently open in your answer to Him. Nothing kills a man faster than mis-presenting his problem to the One who can help him. I was once asked to pray for a man who had prostrate cancer. When I got to him he told me that what he had was stomachache. He did not know what he was suffering from. Those used to the healing ministry know that there are degrees of gifts of healing.

The anointing you need to release when you want to heal someone with stomachache is definitely different from the one you need to bring into operation when dealing with cancer. When someone wants to receive help, he should be ready to expose himself if need be. Transparency will make you receive your miracle faster.

Memory Verse: Hebrews 4:13 - “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do”.