Daily Devotional – 8/5/13 “Exposed to edify!”

Have you ever wondered why it is said that things done in the dark will come to light or why secrets really aren’t secrets? Well, as I was sitting in church on yesterday it struck me that God exposes us, people and things so that He can edify us. Now, in order for you to finally get this, you have to first know the meaning of the word edify. Edify means to improve the morals or knowledge of somebody. Again, edify means God exposes your mess in order to improve your morals. (You knew you had no business tipping out on the one you said you were committed to anyway so God had to expose you in order for you to get back on track.) Again, edify means God exposes the messiness of somebody in order for you to see them for who they really are. (Yea, you know how you catch your “best” friend texting your boo because they’ve secretly been the one trying to ruin your relationship anyway but you couldn’t see it. However, God had to let you see the things that you would have seen had you been looking through your spiritual eyes.) Again, edify means God exposes your lowdown, mean and hurtful self so that your morals can now be in line with that spiritual shout you do on Sundays. God has to expose your rock throwing in order for your morals to match the Christianity that you display so proudly. God had to expose the way you were walking in order for you to see that you were headed straight for a dead end. God had to expose your spouse because they really weren’t the one for you yet you’ve still been holding on. God had to expose your boss because they’ve been the one hindering your elevation. God had to expose Sis. Talk A. Lot because they were keeping you from the message with their misery. God has to expose us, every time we get caught up in this worldly mess because it’s keeping us from His word. God has to expose us, every now and then, when we get so high and mighty and start acting like we can raise ourselves up. God has to expose us, sometimes, when we start holding our head up like were better than everybody after God has taken you higher instead of you reaching back to help somebody else. Yea, God has to expose us in order to edify us otherwise we’d always be out of His will. Yes, God has to expose us in order to edify us otherwise we’d always be talking instead of listening, hindering instead of helping, hell mates instead of helpmates, liars instead of laborers, burdens instead of a blessing, a problem starter instead of a peace maker, greedy instead of gifted and an adversary instead of anointed. You ought to be glad that God exposed your mess so that you can now finally be the person you are supposed to be instead of the one you are sometimes.