Exposed

When I was a small child, I believed that if I pulled my covers over my head, the boogie man, or whatever other montrous thing that might be in the dark, could not see me.  I felt safe from the peering eyes and the listening ears of the darklings, those things that only come out at night and certainly visit bedrooms on those occasions when you are in there alone.

Perhaps you had a similar belief.  But now, as adults, we put those foolish ideas behind us.  We no longer believe in boogie men or darklings - although, somehow we are not totally at ease in the dark. And, certainly we no longer believe that hiding under a quilt would somehow hide us from intruders, keeping us safe from exposure.

Kind of - we don't believe in hiding under the covers in the dark but we tend to believe that we can hide under the cover of darkness.  We believe, as adults, that as long as no one sees us, or at least no one who knows us, sees what we're doing or hears what we're saying, we are protected from exposure, that we can do what we want without fear of it coming to the light.

Husbands watch porn on the Internet after their wives have gone to sleep.  Wives engage in cyber-sex when their husbands are at work.  So called "friends" talk smack about you behind your back.  Clerks take store products when no one is looking.  Tellers slip a little cash into their own pockets.  Employees slip in late or slide out early when the boss isn't around.  They all think they are under the covers, that no one will know, that they are safe from exposure.  Not!

Many of those husbands and wives wind up divorced.  Clerks and tellers end up fired or worse.  Employees are called on the carpet and ex-friends are kicked to the curb.  Somehow, someway, the truth came out - the dark cover was pulled back to the light of day.

And even if they had managed to keep the wool pulled over the eyes of their spouse, friend or employee, there is One who bears witness to it all.  The Lord God is taking note and "there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open" (Luke 8:17).  Whatever you think you will get away with, you won't.

If there is something you are about to do or say that you would hate to be exposed to the world, to your friends, to your family or to the Lord, don't.  All will one day be brought to light.  Sooner or later, you will have  to face up to what you do.  Make sure what you do or say wears well because you will have wear it in the open one day.  Jus' Sayn.