Lessons from Genesis – 21
“Be
sure your sin will find you out.” Numbers 32:23 KJV
Most people would like to think that
those sins we have committed in the past are in the past to stay. Yet we read
quite often in the paper about someone who escaped justice twenty years ago who
is now found living a respectable life believing the consequences of their sin
is behind them. Still the consequences catch up and the illusion that our past
doesn’t matter is shattered. While the confessed sin is forgiven with God, the
human authorities might take a different opinion.
In Genesis 38 Judah is found in just
such a position. First he married a Canaanite woman which was contrary to the
will of God. By her he had three sons and for the first he arranged a Canaanite
marriage. The first son died childless and so she was given to the second son
who sinned and was slain by God. In fear for his third son’s life Judah
withholds him from marriage to the same woman which was contrary to law and
custom. In the meantime Judah went to visit a harlot who conceived by him. It
is revealed that the harlot is really his son’s wife who was seeking her legal
security. When Judah finds that she is pregnant he calls for her to be executed
for playing the harlot. How is she saved? She has the token Judah gave her in
payment for her services. He is exposed. His sin has found him out. It is a
picture for us that with God nothing is hidden. If we don’t deal with our sins
before God in this life, be sure our sins will find us out.
Dear
Father, Thank You for the cross of Christ where our sins can be forgiven and
forgotten by You forever. Help me to walk honestly with You regarding the sins
of my daily life that I may have continued close fellowship with You. Amen.
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