Found Out
“Be sure your sin will find you out” (Numbers 32:23).
The missionary, returning before midday to his bungalow after a morning of travel and preaching, found a visitor awaiting his coming. Observant by nature, he noticed
that his travelling alarm clock was missing from its place on the shelf. Suspecting that his visitor had stolen it, he said nothing but managed to keep the man until the hour set for the alarm to go off. Then, to the dismay of the thief, the clock made its presence known and revealed the visitor’s guilt.
Yes, we may think that we can hide things, and perhaps we do for a time. Of course we can hide nothing from God, for we read, “The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth” (2 Chronicles 16:9). And also, “The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good” (Proverbs 15:3).
We may pretend to be a Christian, or even as a Christian hide some secret sin in our life, but it will all come to light eventually. We can only cover up so long! “For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither anything hid, that shall not be known” (Luke 8:17).
