We try to hide our faults and failures from others. We want people to see us at our best. Perhaps we assume that if people knew what we were really like, they would want nothing to do with us. There’s no hiding anything from God. He is all-seeing and all-knowing. Christ Jesus has witnessed our very worst, even the sins that only occurred in our heads. The psalmist says, “You perceive my thoughts from afar. You are familiar with all my ways” (139:2,3).

Yet even though Jesus knows all our faults and failures, he continues to long for relationship with us. So, he calls us to follow him. He wants us to be in conversation with us. He wants us to feel safe and secure in his love and forgiveness. He wants us to know that he knows what we’re going through and what we need for true health and prosperity.