Hiding from God

At my prayer group earlier this morning, the facade of our community was mentioned. The façade is that fascia or pretense that we hid behind in order to portray to all who see us that we are okay. It seems our community is full of families who are facing great struggles, but they put up this façade so that no one knows. It would seem even the church has families/individuals who hid behind them. I am not sure of the exact correlation, but it seems direct; the people who put up a façade in order to hide their struggles from God. I am not sure why, whether fear or defiance, but there is a reluctance to bear our soul before the Almighty. For some there is layer after layer of deception that must be peeled away before the true self appears. Trouble is, until we can honestly come before the Almighty, bearing our every flaw and desire; we cannot grow in the faith (experience sanctification). You see, our hiding from God is effectively preventing us (both personally and corporately) from experiencing revival. We profess that the omniscient God knows even the very depths of our soul. Jeremiah said God knew him even before he was knit together in our mother’s womb…surely God is no less familiar with us...yet we hide.