Sam and his dad were looking forward to a few quiet days at their cottage on the lake. 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. Sam pointed them out to his dad, not knowing this was just the beginning.
As Sam’s dad slowly opened the door, they could hardly believe what they were seeing. There were wasps all over the floor, on the walls and 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 bed. Sure enough, there was another layer of wasps under there! Thankfully, neither of them 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 try “sweeping away” their sins by doing good deeds, being kind to others, being especially good, or even going to Sunday school. But it doesn’t work that way! Just like more wasps kept turning up, those old sins and then new sins keep piling up. The Bible gives us a warning: “Be sure your sin will find you out” (Numbers 32:2323But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out. (Numbers 32:23)).
The Bible also says 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 to wash away all your sins in His blood, including the ones you’ve hidden under your bed that no one else knows about? Have you accepted Him as your Savior?
Sam and his dad were very glad they did not get stung by any of the wasps. Many 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 in everlasting punishment. “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 Savior right now. He loves you and will take away that sting of everlasting punishment. Soon heaven will be your home where there is no sin and only everlasting joy and happiness with your loving Savior.
ML-08/12/2018