
To Be You • Craig Smith • September 19, 2021
Can you truly be you before Him?
Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy? Will you torment a windblown leaf? Will you chase after dry chaff?… He tears me down on every side till I am gone; he uproots my hope like a tree. (Job 13:24-25; 19:10)
…for the LORD searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought… (1 Chron. 28:9)
You have permission…
•To lose your
•To
To ignore the reality of your heart is to ignore the work of the Spirit – “In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will.” (Rom. 8:26-27)
•To acknowledge your spiritual
But by the grace of God I am what I am… (1 Cor. 15:10)
•To
God gives us the space of our
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in love… He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His love for those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. (Psalm 103:8, 10-12)