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)
