https://odb.org/2024/08/15/convicted-and-freed
Can anyone ever not be honest before God? Since God knows all things, even the things in the depths of our hearts. It is impossible for man to hide from God. For example, after Adam and Eve sinned, they realise they were naked and covered themselves up with leaves. Or after Cain killed Abel, God asked Cain where Abel was, and Cain answered, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” In other words, before God asked, He already knew what had happened.
I think the problem with humanity is that although we know we can not hide from God, we may refuse to acknowledge our sin before God. By pushing it aside and out of our minds, we may be hoping that it never happened or that God will eventually forget about it. Unfortunately or fortunately, we have a conscience in us, and as believers, we have the addition of the Holy Spirit on top of our human conscience. Even if we want to forget, the Holy Spirit may remind us. Our own guilty conscience may also remind us. The reason is that the Holy Spirit and our own conscience know that it is in our best interests that we come clean with God and deal with our sin with Him.
David was the perfect example. In Psalm 32:1-7, he expressed his remorse and repentance for his sin with Bethsheba. He suffered the consequences. He lost a few of his sons, including the son from his initial adultery with Bethsheba. But God nevertheless forgave him and his son with Bethsheba, Solomon, became the wisest and wealthiest King Israel ever had. In the Bible, three of the wisdom books are attributed to Solomon – Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon.
Pushing things out of our minds will not change things. Neither will asserting that we are following His will when it is our own desire and will. It is futile to play mind games with God. He is omniscient. He is all-knowing. We can not hide anything from Him. It is best that we are completely honest before Him. Let Him see our iniquities and weaknesses and sins. It is from our ashes and weaknesses that He will raise us up again to be the person He had always wanted us to be.
Have a good coming weekend, everyone! Spend some time to reflect on our life and our journey of faith. Be completely honest before God. Let Him examine our motives and desires. Let us always be frank and real and completely honest with the LORD, in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. Amen!
Ronnie's Thoughts 