Sunday Reading: Psalm 1:1-4
Key Verse: Psalm 1:1
1 Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of the scornful.
Devotion:
What do you do when you have done something wrong? Do you then try to hide what you have done or do you continue doing it because it looks like you may have gotten away with it this time? The thing is that you have done something wrong and the knowledge of that is going to stick with you from that point onwards – you now know that you are a sinner, just like the rest of us! When Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden for the first time they suddenly knew that they had done wrong and they tried to hide themselves from God.
Our first reaction to what we do with those sins really depends on the company that we keep. If we are in the company of others that like to brag about the things that they do wrong, then we will be encouraged to do the same. Yet of we were in the company of church-going people then we would not want them to know what we have given in to so we would hide those sins from them. Whichever way we choose there is no getting away from the fact that we cannot hide anything from God no matter how hard we try to hide! The other thing we cannot get away from is the fact that we now know that we have done wrong...
The most amazing thing is that Christ knew that we would get up to things like that and He willingly laid down His life to pay for our sins. We no longer have to pay for our sins. If we get caught doing something against the law of the land we can expect to get punished for doing that, be it a fine or a prison sentence. Now Christ has given us a choice as to what we do. We can either continue knowing that we have done wrong worrying about the sentence that lies ahead of us, or we can bring those sins to Him asking Him for His forgiveness. The latter is exactly what He wants us to do. Don’t carry your burdens round with you, give them to Him.
Points to Ponder:
Ok, what have you done now?
Have you admitted it to Christ?
