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Elevation Church June 21, 2026 1m

You thought it disqualified you. God sees it differently.

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  1. What's the point of hiding if God knows What's the point of hiding if God knows everything? One of our tendencies in our everything? One of our tendencies in our everything? One of our tendencies in our relationship with God is to hide. Why relationship with God is to hide. Why relationship with God is to hide. Why would you hide from God if he knows when would you hide from God if he knows when would you hide from God if he knows when you sit? He knows when you stand. If he you sit? He knows when you stand. If he you sit? He knows when you stand. If he knows every word that comes out of your knows every word that comes out of your knows every word that comes out of your mouth before you even speak, what's the mouth before you even speak, what's the mouth before you even speak, what's the point in hiding if God knows everything? point in hiding if God knows everything? point in hiding if God knows everything? We still think that God is like the NSA We still think that God is like the NSA We still think that God is like the NSA just surveying us. So, we keep trying to just surveying us. So, we keep trying to just surveying us. So, we keep trying to hide hide hide from God because we think hide hide hide from God because we think hide hide hide from God because we think he's a father waiting for us to mess up he's a father waiting for us to mess up he's a father waiting for us to mess up so he can strike us, but that's not what so he can strike us, but that's not what so he can strike us, but that's not what David is saying. He's saying God is so David is saying. He's saying God is so David is saying. He's saying God is so intimately connected to our lives. When intimately connected to our lives. When intimately connected to our lives. When it says that you hemmed me in before and it says that you hemmed me in before and it says that you hemmed me in before and behind, some of us view that like a behind, some of us view that like a behind, some of us view that like a prison, but David wants you to see this prison, but David wants you to see this prison, but David wants you to see this as an embrace. He's saying God's right as an embrace. He's saying God's right as an embrace. He's saying God's right there with you. Whatever you're walking there with you. Whatever you're walking there with you. Whatever you're walking through, whatever you're going through, through, whatever you're going through, through, whatever you're going through, he's right in it with you. He knows he's right in it with you. He knows he's right in it with you. He knows everything already, so what's the point everything already, so what's the point everything already, so what's the point in hiding if God knows everything? You in hiding if God knows everything? You in hiding if God knows everything? You can tell him the truth. He already knows can tell him the truth. He already knows can tell him the truth. He already knows everything you've been through, everything you've been through, everything you've been through, everything you're going through, everything you're going through, everything you're going through, everything you're feeling. You can bring everything you're feeling. You can bring everything you're feeling. You can bring it to God. The enemy will tempt us to it to God. The enemy will tempt us to it to God. The enemy will tempt us to view God the wrong way so that we keep view God the wrong way so that we keep view God the wrong way so that we keep things hidden because he knows that what things hidden because he knows that what things hidden because he knows that what goes in the dark grows in the dark. And goes in the dark grows in the dark. And goes in the dark grows in the dark. And God cannot heal what you keep hidden.

  2. God cannot heal what you keep hidden. God cannot heal what you keep hidden. So, what does it look like to bring So, what does it look like to bring So, what does it look like to bring everything to God?

Summary

The sermon's theme is embracing God's omniscience rather than hiding from it, drawing on David's perspective of God's intimate presence. It refutes the idea of God as a punitive judge, instead presenting Him as intimately connected. The practical conclusion is to reveal our truths and struggles to God, as He already knows and desires to heal what is hidden.

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