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Bringing Hidden Faults Before His Light

Steven Shelley

Steven Shelley

New Hope Revival Ministries

January 5, 2025 · 5 min read

“Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me from secret faults.” Psalm 19:12

In the quiet chambers of every heart lie patterns and tendencies that remain hidden from our conscious awareness. Like shadows that persist in corners untouched by lamplight, these secret faults shape our responses and influence our spiritual walk in ways we scarcely comprehend. The Psalmist’s profound question echoes through the centuries: “Who can understand his errors?” This heartfelt inquiry reveals both the limitation of human self-awareness and the magnificent provision of divine grace.

Consider how a master artisan examines a precious stone. He does not immediately begin cutting and polishing but first holds it up to the light, studying its internal structure and identifying inclusions invisible to the untrained eye. Similarly, our gracious Lord does not immediately begin addressing our faults upon their discovery. Instead, He brings them before His countenance, illuminating them with His perfect light, not to condemn but to transform.

“Our iniquities, our secret heart and its sins [which we would so like to conceal even from ourselves], You have set in the [revealing] light of Your countenance.” Psalm 90:8 (AMP)

The beauty of this divine process lies in its gentleness. Our Lord does not overwhelm us with the sudden revelation of all our hidden faults, which might indeed crush our spirit. Instead, He strategically places each fault in the light of His presence, where its true nature and impact become apparent. In this light, what once seemed insurmountable diminishes in the radiance of His grace and glory. The very faults that we feared would define us become opportunities for His transformative work.

We often approach our spiritual growth as merely a matter of behavior modification or increased self-awareness. Yet the Scripture reveals a more profound truth: true transformation begins when we allow our hidden faults to be brought before His countenance. This process requires neither our complete understanding nor our perfect performance but rather our willing submission to His revealing light.

Consider how a photograph develops in a darkroom. The image exists on the paper before processing yet remains invisible until exposed to specific light and chemicals. Similarly, our hidden faults exist within us, shaping our responses and relationships, yet remain unclear until brought into His light. The development process requires patience and the right conditions, just as spiritual transformation demands both time and the proper environment of grace.

The Lord’s method proves both wise and merciful. He does not expose our faults to shame us but to free us. When brought before His countenance, these hidden patterns lose their power to control us unconsciously. What once operated in darkness now stands revealed in light, not for condemnation but for transformation. This truth aligns perfectly with His character as both a holy God and a loving Father.

In practical application, this understanding should reshape our response to the personal discovery of hidden faults. Rather than reacting with shame or attempting to hide them further, we can embrace the revealing process, knowing it comes from His heart of love. When we find ourselves responding in ways we don’t fully understand, we can turn to Him, asking for His light to illuminate what remains hidden.

Dear reader, perhaps you have struggled with patterns of response that seem beyond your control or understanding. Take heart in knowing that the very God who sees these patterns has already made provision for their transformation. The process may feel uncomfortable, even painful at times, but His light brings not destruction but restoration.

Let us pray:

Gracious Father, we come before You, acknowledging our need for Your revealing light. We confess that we cannot fully understand our own hearts, yet we trust in Your perfect wisdom and tender mercy. Thank You for the gentle way You bring our hidden faults before Your countenance. Grant us the courage to remain in Your light, even when it reveals what we would rather keep hidden. Help us to trust Your transformative process, knowing that Your grace proves sufficient for every fault You reveal.

We praise You for being both the God who sees perfectly and the Father who loves completely. Continue Your work of transformation in us so that we might more fully reflect Your character and glory. In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

Be Not Afraid

June 20, 1962 · Rev. William Branham

“As she laughed, He said, “Why did Sarah laugh in the tent? What made Sarah laugh?” He could not take Sarah, because if He did, He’d have to strike Abraham with it… You know what? God would’ve took her life right then (That’s right.) for disbelieving Him, but He couldn’t do it. Why? She was part of Abraham. He’d have to take Abraham with her. Oh, that’s where grace comes in. All the mistakes and our errors, God holds us because we’re part of Christ: the grace of God holding us. Oh, amazing grace! How sweet the sound.

He cannot take the church. In all of its mistakes, it’s still His church. She’s part of Christ. She becomes flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone. All of our ins-and-outs, and unbeliefs, and so forth, and scruples: as long as she’s into that body, and her ups-and-downs, the grace of God still holds her. “

“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139:23-24