Pst. E.A. Adeboye 24 November
SECRET SINS
Memorise: Thou host set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. Psalms 90:8
Read: Psalms 19:12-14
Besides
expressing faith in God, the righteous is identified by consistent
right-standing with God. According to Ezekiel 3:21, the righteous is
expected not to live in sin, but to continue to do what glorifies God.
Righteousness is not something you engage today and disengage tomorrow
like some people think. You do not abstain from sin only when those you
respect are around, but also when they are not around. The righteous
does not only abstain from public sins but also from secret ones. The
challenge of most believers is not how to avoid open sins but how to
stay righteous in their thought realm and to keep away from touching the
unclean thing when they are all by themselves. That is a major
challenge and for the righteous, this is the area he or she devotes more
attention and prayer to.
David
was one person who had a challenge in this area. Through the knowledge
of God's Word, he understood that secret sins, which nobody else is
privy to, is fully exposed to God. In Psalms 90:8, he says our sins
which were shrouded in secrecy of darkness and ignorance are exposed by
the light of His presence. Your secret sins are not covered at all! God
knows everything about your secret deeds. The devil or his agents who
were present when you indulged in those evil acts also have the records.
It is either God exposes your secrets, or the devil does. What you have
buried in the earth or locked up in a safe, which you think is safe, is
not safe at ail. It can be exposed at anytime. The only secrets that
can truly be secrets are the ones you confess to the Lord and hand over
to Him. If He covers your faults, nobody can uncover them. When David
realised this, he therefore asked God to deliver him from secret sins.
Are you still living in sin secretly? Do you secretly masturbate, lust
after same sex or the opposite sex? Do you secretly steal or bribe to
influence decisions? Repent today and hand your secrets over to God.
KEY POINT
The
secret sins you fail to expose to Him today will be exposed before
everyone and then nobody and nothing can cover your shame.
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