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Who Told You That You Were Naked?


Who told you everything that you believe about yourself? Don’t you know how precious you are in the eye sight of God? He created you along with all the other wonders of the world and gave you dominion over it. He allowed you to name the name the animals and the plants of the earth. God cares about your thoughts and your emotions. He allowed you to have them right? You have to be mindful of the things that you allow into your space. The moment that Eve allowed the serpent to come into her space, he got into her ear. Be careful what you listen to. When the serpent had Eve’s ear he began to come against what she knew was true. Be careful about what you believe. We cannot allow anything that is not of God to rob us of who He is, what He has taught us, or who we are to Him. The serpent wanted to confuse Eve. The devil wants to confuse us and make us believe that we are equal to God. We try to play God when we don’t consult Him in any area of our lives. We think that we have things under control, but that day in the garden, Adam and Eve lost control. They lost sight of who they were in God’s eye sight. They hid from their father because of their shame. Sometimes we hide from God although He already knows everything about us. We don’t want God or anyone else to see our truth or our nakedness. What is your nakedness?  Is it shame, bitterness, your childhood, or what people said about you? Who told you that you were naked? Who told you that you were not worthy or called? Even in our shame God can cloth us as He did with Adam and Eve. He can cover our brokenness with the blood of Jesus. We are redeemed! We have the victory through Christ Jesus. We have to learn to let go of ourselves so that God can prevail. He wants to use us, but first we have to understand that it is not about us. We cannot make the will of God or the words of God flow from our own capabilities. God will take over when we let go of the wheel.
Speak the word of God over yourself. I come against those words that were spoken over you that do not line up with the word of God. I pray that you will walk in His will and your own will or the will that other people seek to see you walk in. I come against the plans that the enemy has for you and speak Isaiah 54:17 over you which says that “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is from Me,” Says the Lord”.
“Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame” (Genesis 2:25).
I don’t know about anybody else, but I don’t always want to tell God the whole truth. I know that He knows the whole story, but sometimes when I talk Him, I leave parts out even though I know He already knows what is really going on. Adam and Eve had no shame before God. We are often times shameful when we come before God because we know our faults, but the thing about God is that He knows our faults also. God does not want us to be heavy. We can lay every burden at His feet. We can repent of our wrongs and He will forgive us. Adam and Eve were naked. God saw the very heart of them. They did not hide their truth from God, but who told you that you were naked and caused you to feel shame about it? Who caused you to believe that you needed to find a place to hide from God although you know that he is coming to meet with you? Why are you running when God is clearly calling you to himself?
“Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves (Genesis 3:7).
How many of us put on a mask to hide the real us. We don’t want anybody to see what we are really like so we put on an act to conceal our nakedness (our truth/ our un-togetherness) from the church, our friends, family, and God.
“Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you? (Genesis 3: 8-9).”
Don’t you know who God is? Don’t you know that He can separate your sins as far as the east is from the west if you repent? He loves you! Why are you hiding? He can cover your sins and make all your wrongs right.
Lord in Jesus name I pray that you forgive us for believing anything that goes against what you have said about us and promised us. God forgive us for not trusting you and for thinking that our way is better than yours. Lord I pray for those that desire you but are hiding because they are naked. I pray for their freedom from the lies that they have been told and they will no longer be bound by their past or the words that people have spoken over them. They will be prosperous and they will walk according to your will. Lord I pray that we will not live in fear, but that we walk in faith. Lord please cover us and guide us. Order our footsteps and draw us closer to you in Jesus name<3
Please know that God loves you so much…. John 3:16 <3
Recommended Reading:
Genesis 1: 26-29; Genesis 2; Psalm 103

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