Something You Can Be Sure Of

Numbers 32:23
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.

What a word of God this morning. If we will not obey, behold, it is sin against the Lord:... But look at that last part...and be sure your sin will find you out. Man what a strong word of God. So strong that it shakes our foundation, or at least it should.

When I was growing up in my teenage years my parents would give me that speech before I went out on a Friday night. You know the one... "Son, I'm trusting you to do the right thing. If you don't, then know this... I will find out." In the beginning I would be terrified. I was trying my best to do the right thing and make the right decisions. Then the weekend came that my choices were not so good, as a matter of fact they were very, very sinful. When I came home that night no one caught me. Hmmmm, I had gotten away with it! So that next time I got the "talk" I kinda thought, "Yeah right, I know, I know...you'll find out."

Then it happened. My sinful choices brought the law into action (literally). My phone call home that night was one that I never wanted to make (and thank God that I have never made again). But my sins had finally caught up with me. The police had a list of three different laws broken against me. There was no hiding anymore. I'll never forget waking up the next morning and answering the telephone. My grandmother was on the other end asking what I had done. I said, "How do you know?" She told me that she heard about it somewhere (beauty shop!).

Monday morning when I walked into school people were pointing and eventually asking me about it. How did these people know all this stuff? It found me! No, all the stuff that I had done up until that point never found me out, but this one did. Look at the scripture one more time with me this morning. "BE SURE" your sin will find you out. God says you can count on it.

How do we deal with this? Confess your sin and don't cover your sin. God says you will be blessed when you confess your sins.