wanna know a secret?

"i know something you don't know."

"wanna know a secret?"

"its a really good one."

"if i tell you, you can't tell anyone."

"you have to promise you won't tell."

"promise?"

i heard this so much when i was a little girl. we all loved telling secrets and thinking that we knew something that no one else knew about. of course, we always told everyone what we found out so eventually it wasn't a secret anymore. funny thing about secrets is that they always come out eventually. some quicker than others.

a secret has the idea of something hidden that is going to be revealed, like a piece to a mystery or the missing part of a treasure map. there is anticipation and suspense involved. a secret is intriquing and appetizing. if you know that someone knows something that you do not know and others are hearing about it, you can almost sense your salivary glands overacting with the longing to find out what it is.

when i think about that, i recognize that paul gives us the greatest witnessing tool in Colossians 2:2,3. he tells us that Jesus is a "mystic secret of God." and that in Him, all the treasures of divine wisdom, knowledge and enlightenment are stored up and lie hidden. his prayer was for us to come to have all the abounding wealth and blessing of assured conviction of understanding, and that we may become progresively more intimately acquainted with and know more definitely and accurately the fullness of that Secret. He is saying to us, "i know something you don't know. wanna know a secret? its a really good One. it will change your life! i want you to know every juicy, little piece of it." he is just whetting our appetite and making us want to know more.

wow! what a great tool we can use when we recognize that we know something that the world does not know. we have the secret, not the other way around. if we actually thought that was true, we would live our lives whetting the appetite of the world by tantalizing them with the awesomeness of Who we know and what He can bring to their life when they get to hear of Him. but, we have to believe that we have the Secret. we have something or Someone that they don't and that they are missing out. there is nothing that they have to offer us. they know nothing that we don't know the Secret about. and, the Secret we know is so juicy and good, everyone is going to want to know Him.

our thoughts should be,

"i know something you don't know."

"wanna know a secret?"

"its a really good one! it just might change your life!"

"if i tell you, you will want to tell everyone."

"you have to promise to tell."

"promise?"