By Today is the day, is it not? Well, not really…at least not for me. My Big Reveal has been taking place the last seven years of my life.
After all, there is nothing like the pressure cooker of the first year of marriage to reveal your most stubborn, most selfish side.
And just when you’ve mastered the art of compromising, there is nothing like motherhood that makes you re-learn it all over again. But then you also discover that there’s the softer, unselfish side of yourself that surprised even you.
And, of course, there’s nothing like an unfulfilling career, a layoff, or a struggling economy that throw some additional sparks into your Big Reveal.
Authenticity. Like an onion being peeled layer by layer.
Authenticity. Like the slow eroding of rock by water.
Authenticity doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a continual process of God refining us. But like any refinement, it’s painful. It involves revealing truths about ourselves that even we’re blind to.
I think of Job whom God took everything from to test what was really in his heart. Did he honor God because of his wealth? So what if God took that, his children, and his health from him? Would he still honor God? He did, but would you still be able to?
I think of Peter whom Jesus foretold would deny him 3X before the rooster crowed twice.
Mark 14:29Peter said to him, “Even if everyone else deserts you, I never will.”
30Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, Peter—this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny three times that you even know me.”
31“No!” Peter declared emphatically. “Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!” And all the others vowed the same.
And just a few hours later…
66Meanwhile, Peter was in the courtyard below. One of the servant girls who worked for the high priest came by 67and noticed Peter warming himself at the fire. She looked at him closely and said, “You were one of those with Jesus of Nazareth.m”
68But Peter denied it. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said, and he went out into the entryway. Just then, a rooster crowed.n
69When the servant girl saw him standing there, she began telling the others, “This man is definitely one of them!” 70But Peter denied it again.
A little later some of the other bystanders confronted Peter and said, “You must be one of them, because you are a Galilean.”
71Peter swore, “A curse on me if I’m lying—I don’t know this man you’re talking about!” 72And immediately the rooster crowed the second time.
Suddenly, Jesus’ words flashed through Peter’s mind: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny three times that you even know me.” And he broke down and wept.
Authenticity. What will God reveal about you?
Authenticity. Will you let that remain your defining moment or will you allow it to reshape you into whom God always intended you to be?
FemmeFuel 
The past few years have been a season of growing. It all started with the death of my father; God used that experience to expand my faith. It drew me into a deeper level of commitment to His will and expanded my knowledge of His goodness and grace. It has been a roller coaster of a ride, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything!
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