Some secrets are too big to keep. 

Some secrets aren’t worth keeping once the circumstances change. 

Whatever you initially think about Joseph of Arimathea’s secret discipleship, he and Nicodemus, who only visited Jesus under cover of darkness, were the only two men who dared ask Pilate for Jesus’s body and provide for a proper burial. Peter and John didn’t do that. Matthew and Mark didn’t do that. 

Peter and The Boys wouldn’t have shown up on Sunday morning if several shifts of women had not interrupted them in their secret hiding place. 

Joseph’s secret became unnecessary after the resurrection. Whose side would you be on? The Killer Priests or the Risen Jesus? I’m putting my money on the Resurrection and the Life. 

What could the priests do now? Kick Joe out of the Temple? Who cares? In a few days, Jesus would ascend to heaven, followed by the descent of the Holy Spirit into the hearts of every person who knew and loved Jesus. Humans became the Temple of God. 

Some secrets are too big to keep. 

Some secrets aren’t worth keeping once a Savior is raised from the dead and lives forevermore. 

Everyone knows about Joe and Jesus. I want everyone to know about Jesus and me. How about what people know about Jesus and thee? (You doesn’t rhyme.)

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I will let everyone know and everyone see how I seek to display Jesus in me.

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Our Father, please forgive me for too often acting like a secret disciple. May everyone see me for who you are transforming me to be and not the me I used to be. May I display obvious evidence of your gracious reshaping of my life. May I become an open secret of your kindness and goodness. Amen.