Charles
had slowed to a stop when his car was hit from behind and was pushed into the
vehicle ahead of him. A sickening, crunching sound indicated that additional
vehicles had collided behind them.
As
Charles sat quietly for a moment, he observed that the vehicle directly behind
him was pulling out into traffic. Obviously hoping to avoid an encounter with
police, the escaping driver neglected to notice he had left something behind.
When the police arrived, an officer picked up the hit-and-run driver’s license
plate from the ground and said to Charles, “Someone will be waiting for him
when he arrives home. He won’t get away with this.”
Scripture
tells us: “Be sure your sin will find you out” (Num. 32:23),
as this man who fled the accident discovered. We may sometimes be able to hide
our sin from the people around us, but nothing is ever “hidden from [God’s]
sight” (Heb. 4:13).
He sees each of our failures, thoughts, and motivations (1 Sam. 16:7;
Luke 12:2-3).
Believers
are given a wonderful promise: “If we confess our sins, [God] is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).
So don’t let unconfessed, so-called “hidden” sins come between you and God
(vv.6-7).
Mistake
may be hidden from others, but never from God. (RBC)
