Have you ever been #shocked by a #friend who was wearing a mask and costume? At Halloween many people #disguise their #identity by altering their appearance. Behind the facade one can pretend to be a warrior, devil, beauty, star, angel until your true identity is revealed. I have observed many people over the years who behave like chameleons by changing their demeanor to blend with their current environment. Some would say, “They go along to get along!” I grew up on the Texas panhandle where the wind whips through those plains. I could see those tumble weeds being blown with every gust of wind to the north, south, east, or west. I learned that I had to lean into that wind to hold on to my course in order to get to my destination otherwise I would be tossed to and fro. Are you thrown off course by bellowing hot air spewing forth on line? Today, the news outlets give many people masks which they hold up before the world and then abruptly remove them thereby revealing their true identity. The Bible has revealed God’s identity to us. Christ is my mainstay so I don’t get swept away by every shocking deceitful actor’s unmasking! “Mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but now is manifest (made known) TO WHOM GOD WOULD REVEAL WHAT IS THE RICHES OF THE GLORY OF THIS MYSTERY AMONG THE GENTILES; WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY” Col.1:26,27
“WITHOUT CONTROVERSY – GREAT IS THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS:
GOD WAS REVEALED IN THE FLESH
WAS JUSTIFIED IN THE SPIRIT
WAS SEEN OF ANGELS
WAS PROCLAIMED AMONG NATIONS
WAS BELIEVED ON IN THE WORLD
WAS RECEIVED UP INTO GLORY” 1Tim.3:16
Now is the time to Take off your mask -Lean into the LORD = Hold on to His Word.