Did You Get Caught?
November 14, 2024
DAILY PROVERB:
Proverbs 28:1-4
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged. A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:
Most of us who are old enough to drive are familiar with the feeling we get when driving down the highway, not paying attention to our speed, and then we see a police car pass us on the other side of the interstate. Immediately, we check our speedometer to see if we are exceeding the speed limit. If we are, our next glance is in the rear-view mirror to see if the police car has turned around and is coming after us. However, you realize that you have gone too far to be able to see. So, for the next 5 miles or so, you keep glancing back, just to check if they are following. After a while, you finally relax, realizing no one has been following you after all.
This is one example of what it’s like to live a sinful life. Always wondering, “Am I going to be caught?” Looking over your shoulder to see who is watching or who may have heard what you said. Always wondering if the lie you told yesterday is going to catch up with you today. Always running, never able to escape the constant uneasy guilt. Knowing in your heart that one day it will all catch up with you.
Even if the world never catches you, God is always watching and sees every sin. Romans 6:23 says, “the wages of sin is death.”
Death comes to every person eventually. In Heb 9:27 it says, “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:” On that day, it will be one day too late. On that day, the wages of sin are more than just physical death, it will be eternal death. An eternal separation from God.
THE WORD WALKING IN ME:
Oh, how wonderful and liberating it is to know that when I took my sins to the cross of Calvary, Jesus paid the price for them all. They are all washed away. There is no longer a need to look over my shoulder, no more need to wonder about my life. The life I now live, I live for Him.
Are you as the Wicked who flee when no man pursueth?
Or do you enjoy the Peace of God in
knowing your redeemed by the Blood?
IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:
Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays Devotion?
Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?
What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?
GOD TALKING TO ME: November 14, 2024
THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
Acts 11 – Acts 14
Proverbs 28:1 – 4
THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Ezekiel 1-4
Hebrews 11
“Getting people into the Word of God…
…and the Word of God into people.”
Romans 10:17
Dr. Franklin J. Senters Th.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Hebrews 2:12
Author: admin
Author of LIHW Daily Devotions, and President of Living In His Word Ministries.
