Sam and his dad were looking forward to a few quiet days at their cottage, so they were both a little excited as they pulled their car up in front of the old place. Dad got his keys out to unlock the cottage door. Sam suddenly stepped back a little as he noticed wasps between the window shade, which had been pulled down, and the glass in the door. However, the real shock was ahead of them.
As Sam’s dad slowly opened the door they could not believe their eyes. There were wasps all over the floor and on the walls, even in the light sockets! As they walked across the floor, they made a crunching sound as their shoes squashed the wasps. Dad found a broom and began sweeping wasps out the door. They didn’t fly around; they seemed to be sleeping. He swept them out by the hundreds!
Finally, Sam and his dad were ready to settle down for the night. But poor Sam just could not sleep as he kept hearing a buzzing sound. Finally he and his dad got up and turned on the light and looked under the mattress. Sure enough, there was another layer of wasps! Thankfully, neither Sam nor his dad was stung; the wasps seemed to be dormant.
Often boys and girls try to treat their sins the same way Sam and his dad treated the wasps - they think they can just sweep them away and that’s the end of them. They might sweep their sins away by being kind to others or being especially good, or even going to Sunday school. But it just doesn’t work! Just like more wasps kept turning up, more of our sins keep turning up. There is only one way to get rid of our sins. “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)). Have you trusted the Lord Jesus Christ to wash away your sins with His blood? Have you accepted Him as your Saviour?
Sam and his dad were very glad they did not get stung by any of the wasps. Most of us know how much a wasp or bee sting can hurt. The Bible tells us that sin also has a sting, and it is a serious sting - it is eternal death. “The soul [person] that [sins], it shall die” (Ezekiel 18:44Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. (Ezekiel 18:4)). Accept the Lord Jesus as your Saviour right now. He is able to take away that sting.
ML-06/16/1996