Hallowe’en is a time of masks and costumes. I always liked dressing up as the kind of person I most wanted to be. (Pirate, Super Hero, Strong and Powerful.)
But the mask didn’t change who I was. One year I wore what I thought was the best costume ever. I dressed as a teenaged punk. And went to visit my grandpa, hoping to scare him a little. When he came to the door, he just smiled and said, “hello Tommy.”
My costume didn’t fool him for a moment.
We, as Christians sometimes try to wear masks and costumes, too.
- “good” people
- people who have overcome sin
- people who know what we are talking about
- people that God is lucky to have on His team.
Bit masks don’t really fool anyone… least of all the One we are most trying to fool… God Himself. He knows us. And even better... He loves us.