Unveil my heart and mind so I can be free to experience Your glory. Amen.

But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:16-18 ESV)

The symbolism of the “veil” is powerful in Jewish tradition.

The Apostle Paul uses the symbol of the veil as a metaphor for being unable to experience God the way God intended Himself to be experienced by humanity– in His greatest glory.

That being the case, how often do we use a veil to limit God in our lives? Moreover, how often are we keeping ourselves from truly experiencing God the way He intended us to experience Him.

I know for a fact that when we go on retreats, attend conferences, pray, sit at church, we unveil ourselves to God’s great glory, but how often do we allow ourselves to be unveiled other than those short intervals of time?

Referring back to the times of the Exodus, the Apostle Paul says Moses used the veil to cover his face because the Israelites were afraid of what they might see on Moses’ face. This is exactly what we do.

We use the metaphoric veil as a way to hide behind our fear of what God may do; but we know this to be bondage from the passage above. In faith, we are free because God had unveiled himself directly to us through His Son, Jesus Christ that we may not be limited or hindered, but free to experience life the way God intended and designed.

Be part of an unveiling today.