Bring It into the Light | Just a Thought | Pastor Steve Smothermon


Victory can make us loud, but compromise always grows quiet. Joshua 6 is walls falling and people shouting. Joshua 7 is funerals and fear. Nothing changed on the outside. The army was still strong. The promise was still true. The problem was buried under a tent. What we hide has a way of affecting more than just us. Hidden sin never stays hidden. It either comes out through confession or it comes out through exposure.


Achan said I saw, I wanted, I took, I hid. That is still the progression today. It starts small. It feels private. It seems manageable. But what is buried in secret eventually weakens what we are building in public. You are only as healthy as what you are willing to bring into the light. God is not trying to shame you. He is trying to free you. The light is not a threat to the believer. It is an invitation to healing.

The valley of Trouble in Joshua became a door of Hope in Hosea. That is the Gospel. What could have destroyed you can become the very place God restores you if you will bring it into the light. Do not wait for exposure. Choose confession. Freedom is always on the other side of honesty. We bring it into the light by confessing our sins to God so He can forgive us and heal us. That's the way we stay in a relationship with Him.

- Steve Smothermon

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