Hide and seek

I find it funny to watch little children try to hide something that they did wrong. Having a two year old allows me to watch first hand how far a little guy will go to try to hide something that he knows he did wrong.

It amazes me to see the depth of their knowledge as to what is right and what is wrong. Some of it is learned from past experiences but a lot of it is intrinsic to their nature. We are all born with that sin nature and leaning to break the rules before we learn to follow them.

It’s no different when we grow up and learn to better hide our sins as teenagers. We think we have become masters at keeping things from our parents but as I’ve gotten older I have learned that my parents knew more about what I used to do than I thought they did. As adults, we continue to work hard to hide certain sins in our lives and other sins are now labeled as our “personality”.

The events of Calvary show us two main things. First, it shows how far man is willing to go to protect his sins. Second, Calvary shows how far God is willing to go to save man from his sins.

Jesus, the perfect Son of God, who committed no sin, was willing to sacrifice His own life to pay for the sins of the world. Man was willing to crucify Christ in order to satisfy their own pride as religiously superior.

Are you holding on to your own pride so hard that you are willing to sacrifice the love of God, and what He did for you through Jesus Christ on Cavalry, or are you willing to humble yourself and call out to God for salvation?  It’s the most important decision you will ever make; eternity depends on it.

Have a great day and God bless.