Today’s Devotional: Can’t Cover Up
Have you ever felt so guilty about a sin that you’ve tried to cover it up?
This devotional from Woodrow Kroll of Back to the Bible begins by telling the story of Achan in Joshua 7. Achan stole and hid some of the spoils of war from Jericho that were supposed to be destroyed in devotion to the Lord.
Because of Achan’s sin, the Israelites were handily routed when they tried to take Ai. Achan kept silent about what he had done until he was confronted directly by Joshua. After the truth came out, he along with the things he had taken were stoned and burned. From Achan’s story and others in the Bible we can learn that despite our best efforts, in the end the truth will come to light:
Luke 8:16-17 records, “No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candle-stick, that they which enter in may see the light. For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither anything hid, that shall not be made known and come abroad.” The seeing eye of God searches even the innermost secrets of men. No sin, however large or small, escapes the eye of God.
Exodus 2 describes how Moses spied an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, and he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no man watching him he slew the Egyptian and hid him in the sand (Exodus 2:12). The very next day however Moses’ sin was discovered and he had to flee from the land of the Pharaoh and spend the next forty years in Midian. Moses’ sin was unsuccessfully hidden. Beloved King David had a similar experience. After sinning with Bathsheba and attempting to cover his sin through the death of Uriah the Hittite, the trespass of David soon came to light when Nathan the prophet pointed his finger in the king’s face and said, “Thou art the man” (2 Samuel 12:7). In remorse King David said, “O God, Thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from Thee” (Psalm 69:5).
From the sad experiences of Achan and these others, let us learn well the truth that sin is never successfully hidden. We cannot hide our sin from God; we only can deal with it. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). Don’t try to hide sin today; let God forgive it instead.
Read the rest of the devotional at Back to the Bible.org.
Have you ever faced consequences for covering up your own sin?
I thank GOD for allowing our sins to be forgiven. Not only have I tried to hide my sins, but I kept continuing in sin. It was not until I came into the realization that God see all sins even before you commit them. I love that fact that Jesus was sinless and came and died for my sins that I may live.
What a Blessing
Jp Whitley
For sins to be forgiven an additional effort to be done is to release and ease the people that you made sad with your sins. Since or if those people where sad and affected then its your responsibility to help them overcome and in bottom line forgive you. There are lots of ways doing that, from a good word, a good deed, a helping hand, an advise for making their lives better. If you don’t want to see or interact with those people then help other people not to do the same sins you did, teach them that by loving truly you get the best results always. I am happy that you came into realization, read the Holy Bible and wish you all the best