He
Who
Guards Your Soul
Knows
You Knew
Scripture
Proverbs
24
12 Don’t
excuse yourself by saying, “Look, we didn’t know.”
For God understands all hearts, and he sees you.
He who guards your soul knows you knew.
He will repay all people as their actions deserve.
For God understands all hearts, and he sees you.
He who guards your soul knows you knew.
He will repay all people as their actions deserve.
Observation
Excuses,
Excuses, Excuses! Blame, Blame, Blame!
You
and I can make all kinds of excuses for our bad behavior and we can
blame everybody else … but He who guards our soul knows we knew.
Ultimately,
you and I will have to stand before the Lord Jesus Christ and give an
account for how we have lived this life. Trying to put the blame on
someone else, like our spouse, a coworker, or maybe even our boss,
might make us feel better for a little while, but He who guards our
soul knows we knew.
I
remember Kathy's Dad, Clayton Bearden, telling me, “You know when
you point a finger at someone else you have three fingers pointing
back at you!” I wonder if I was making an excuse for something or
blaming someone else for something when he said that to me!”
I
am a sinner. I am broken. And sometimes, no, many times, I mess up. I
sin. And when I mess up I need to confess that mess up, I need to
confess that sin to the Lord. I need to ask the Lord for forgiveness
and then I need to ask the person or persons that I have hurt to
forgive me too.
And
I need to stop doing what I know that I should not be doing!
Lets
quit making excuses and lets quit blaming others when we sin. Lets
man up and as Kathy says, “Just put on your big boy pants!”
Application
God
knows me and He sees me. I will not make excuses for my sin. I will
not blame someone else for my bad behavior. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, help me to not try to cover up my sin or make excuses for my
sin or blame someone else when I sin. Help me to keep my sins
confessed and don't let me drift away from You. I pray for those
reading this blog today. Help them to do the same. Help us to be men
and women of integrity. Help us to be men and women that make You
smile by the way we live out our lives.
Daily
Bible Reading: 1 Kings 9; 2 Chronicles 8; Psalms 136; Romans 5;
Psalm 24, Psalm 124; Proverbs 24
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