The Danger of Keeping Secrets

"We are as sick in the soul as the secrets we keep." –Paul Young, Author of The Shack

Recently, I heard Paul Young speak and he shared the above statement. I couldn't get away from this thought which I believe is true. In my 27 years of pastoral ministry, I have known people that have buried some secrets deep in their inward parts. On the outside they try to seem very normal to everyone and many try to convince themselves that their okay. But the soul is unhealthy, yes even sick. And there is only one remedy according to God's Word...confession.

You got to get the secrets out. It might almost kill you but you got to get them out. God is saying “I have been here the entire time. Nothing will separate me from you! Nothing will separate me from my love.”

Wholeness starts with believing and then confession. Paul by the Holy Spirit wrote "But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, [even] in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Romans 10:8-10

What are we to believe and confess? The word of God. Believe and speak God's word about those secrets. Get the secrets out. The Bible says for us to confess our faults one to another. God has been there the whole time. He loves you and wants you to release the inner secrets to him so He can bring healing and wholeness to you.

Can I offer a antithesis to Paul Young's statement, "We are as sick in the soul as the secrets we keep?" I believe our soul prospers as we believe and confess the truth. Jesus said, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth [that you know] shall make you free." John 8:32

-Pastor Randy