Road Kill
Have you ever noticed while driving into work how many dead animals there are the road? Why don’t we ever see all of these critters out running around during the day? Most of these animals are nocturnal and only come out at night. When they do come out many of them often meet their end while staring into the bright lights of an automobile. My Mom told me I should write about how people are similar to these little critters.
The book of Romans says that the wages of sin is death. Why is it that small animals prefer to move around at night? It is because their actions are hidden from sight. This is the same reason people try and hide sin in their life. They want it to be unnoticed by those around them. The sin will however bring with it death and the person will be staring into the bright light of Gods judgment. Just like some little critters live longer before meeting up will the tire tread some people manage to live in sin much longer than others. Unlike the critters no sinner ever escapes the death that sin brings.
The good news is that God sent His Son Jesus so that death would not be the end. Jesus came and lived a sinless life and then suffered death on our behalf so that we could be forgiven of our sins. God is just and because of His righteousness He must punish sin, and that means that we deserve His wrath. When Jesus died that wrath was justified by Him being a substitution for us. Jesus took our penalty and suffered it Himself. All we have to do is accept this gift by turning away from our sin and trusting in the work the Jesus did on our behalf.
So where are you at? Do you have parts of your life that you want to hide because you know what you did was wrong. Are you engaged in some sort of action you know would be unpleasing to God? All you need to do is turn away from the sin and put your trust in Jesus Christ. He will forgive you will not have to face the everlasting death that you so deserve. God wants to save you from your sin, but you must accept His offer for it to happen. Jesus will not force you to accept His grace.
For Discussion: What sins do you find are easily hid but still have a great effect on your life?
