Was there a time when you were a child and you wanted a cookie but your mother said you couldn’t have one? Did you sneak around when she wasn’t there and get one thinking that your mother would not know you got one? The psalmist wrote about someone like this:
Psalm 10:4-5, 11 (NLT): “These wicked people are too proud to seek God. They seem to think that God is dead. Yet they succeed in everything they do. They do not see your punishment awaiting them. They pour scorn on all their enemies. The wicked say to themselves, ” God isn’t watching! He will never notice! “
WE know we can’t get away with anything. God sees us all the time. We cannot hide from Him. These points are shown in the following passages:
Numbers 32:23 (NLT): “But if you fail to keep your word, then you will have sinned against the Lord , and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.”
Galatians 6:7-8 (NLT): “Don’t be misled. Remember that you can’t ignore God and get away with it. You will always reap what you sow! Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful desires will harvest the consequences of decay and death. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.”
This does not mean that God is waiting to squash you like a bug. He does not look for people to punish. God is love and wants to show his love to everyone. You must turn from your sin, confess your sin and then god will forgive you.
1 John 1:8-9 (NLT): “If we say we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and refusing to accept the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong.” [1]
Stop fooling yourself and surrender your life to Jesus Christ.
Dean Masters
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