But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image. 2 Corinthians 3:16-18

Unveiling oneself also means understanding that there is more of what we don’t know about God than what we know. Unveiling oneself is acknowledging that there is more to God than meets the eye, that there is the possibility of having a deeper and closer relationship with God than you presently have.
There are things we know, basic things on which we stand. But there are some things we do not know and some things we do not understand. Hence knowing yet not knowing. We cannot take what we know as the sum total of the knowledge of God and there is nothing more to know or learn. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:11-12 using the living translation version “When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.” There are stages and more stages and still more stages of knowing and understanding God.
There are basic truths about God on which we all stand. God sent God’s son to save the world. God made each of us with a distinct plan for us. God is love and God loves all humans. We must love God with all our hearts souls and mind and we must love our neighbours as we love ourselves. Those truths help us navigate life.
We must give ourselves permission to express God in our lives as God leads, to question if what we are hearing and what we are seeing is truly God. Is God really present with and in us? Are we present? We come to God differently and therefore we can do different things in God’s name and to God’s glory. A good example of our differences yet similarity or commonality is death. Even while we know each member in a family must feel the loss they express their grief differently. Many times because they, don’t cry and roll on the floor or howl and hold our bellies, others say they are unfeeling. Yet they maybe take longer to process exactly what has happened. So it is with each of us that has come to God, remembering that it is in coming to God we are truly unmasked we become as it were naked, so we can be clothed by God. We all process the experience of God differently.
Another point is that God’s plan is different for all of us. Ephesians chapter 4:11-12 says, Christ (God) gifted us differently so that that God’s work on earth can be done and the body of Christ can be built up.
If God’s work and glory was a wheel turned by gears, each of us could be regarded as a gear helping to turn that wheel. But we only understand that when we open ourselves to God. Seeing and listening to what God is saying to us. And we view these through the lens of Jesus Christ who showed us the way to live. We come for God to teach us, to help us to know God and we open ourselves as God undergirds us with God’s strength, power and wisdom. We know God’s promise of a hand to protect us as walk in The way God directs us We have the assurance that the shield of God will defend us and God’s host will guard us against the snares of evil and the temptations of the world. Where God is, all is well. All will be well, all manner of things will be well. Amen. .

This is 3rd in a series of devotions based on 2 Corinthians 3:16-18