Friday Reading: John 3:19-21
Key Verse: John 3:20
20 For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Devotion:
Have you ever noticed how much we like to avoid talking about sin? It’s not something we normally talk about and it’s not something we like to bring up in a normal conversation because we know that sin is wrong. If we tell others that they have sinned and they take those words home with them, it is not just going to be those people that are affected by what we say but all of those that they share that with too. It is quite normal to get some sort of response from someone else rather than the person you talked to in the beginning. Why? Because nobody like to have their sin exposed!
If you were trying to sneak into a dark room to do something that you did not want others to know about, how would you feel if the lights were all turned on just as you got to the interesting part? We simply do not like being exposed even when we know we are doing something that we should not be… God wants us to know that sin works deep in our lives. Sin works beyond what we can see. Sin creeps into parts of our lives that we don’t normally think about. Sin is corrupting and breaks us down, wearing us down from the inside out.
God wants us to remember that we have Him within us. We have the Holy Spirit dwelling with us and because of that our sin will always be exposed even before we realise it. That means we need to be conscious of when we do go off the rails and be aware of what we can do to bring ourselves round to Him again. He is willing to forgive us, so long as we are willing to admit that we do things wrong. If it is going to take someone else switching on the lights before we admit to things, then do you not think that God is going to allow someone into our lives that will switch on the light?
I know that that is what God will do if He knows you are ignoring Him. It is very humbling and very educational to know that God is by your side – always!
Points to Ponder:
Are you creeping in the dark?
Has God warned you that the lights will be turned on soon?