“Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.”
The Face
This closes the first movement of this book with the most comprehensive claim yet, no creature not manifest, all things naked and opened. Nothing this movement has explored, hidden wilderness, unfinished formation, secret faithfulness, distant returning, has ever actually been outside this total, comprehensive seeing.
Notice with whom we have to do, a striking phrase, naming genuine relationship, not merely distant, impersonal observation. This total seeing is described within the context of an actual relationship, him with whom we have to do, not a cold surveillance but the comprehensive knowing proper to genuine, ongoing relationship.
This closes the loop this whole first movement has traced. Image bearing before performance. Being seen even in wilderness. Comprehensive, ordinary knowing. Seen even unfinished. Known before birth. Measured by heart, not appearance. Seen in secret. Directly encountered. Seen while still far off. All of it, naked and opened, comprehensively true.
As this movement closes, receive this total claim as your own actual condition, not a threat to hide from, but the comprehensive, relational seeing this whole movement has been building toward. Naked and opened, yes, and also, with whom we have to do, genuine relationship, not cold exposure alone.
Turn Your Face
- Consider what, if anything, you have still been trying to hide from this comprehensive seeing.
- Receive today that this seeing happens within genuine relationship, not cold, distant exposure.
- Carry this whole first movement’s arc forward into this week’s deeper exploration of being known.
Prayer
Lord, all things are naked and opened before you, and yet you are him with whom I have to do, in genuine relationship. Let this comprehensive seeing be relational, not merely exposing. Amen.
Carry this today
Total seeing happens within genuine relationship, not cold, impersonal exposure.