If everything about you is already known in the places that matter the most, why try to hide things from anybody? That’s a lesson I learned very early in life, and that realization has caused me to be radically open and honest.

For example, if a drug dealer finds out that the police and the FBI have a list of all his customers and records about all his transactions over the past several years, there’s no need to hide what he has been doing. Since the facts are all already known in the places that matter the most, he can be completely honest.

As a small child living in a non-religious home, I had a strong awareness of God. (Later I became an agnostic and finally a passionate Christ-follower.) As a young child, I realized that God already knew everything about me (all the details of my life).

I have always had a rational mind, so I began to think that if God (the most important Being in existence) already knows everything about me, there is no need for me to hide things from anybody else. Living openly and honestly over the years has given me great inner peace. (Hiding stuff from people takes a lot of work, frustration, and deception.)

When God gets your full attention, He will lead you beyond your good intentions into the center of His will. Too many Christians are oppressed and obsessed by blame and anger. Let it go. “Bless those who curse you.” “Love your enemies.”