Naked and Exposed

And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account. - Heb 4:13

I read this verse in Hebrews this morning and thought it was worthy of reflection. My first thought was how humiliating that day will be. It will be like the infamous giving a speech buck naked dream. But this is even worse--it's being naked in front of God. It's not just physical nakedness, but spiritual nakedness too--all the shame of doing this bad deed, not doing this good deed, loving things more than God, etc. etc.

My second thought was much more encouraging. I remembered "And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed" (Gen 2:25). We Christians are Christ's bride! What bride is ashamed of her nakedness on her wedding night? We may experience many emotions, like nervousness, but we will not be experiencing shame. Oh how glorious will that day be when we actually enjoy our nakedness in front of the Lord.