Back to Roost?

Numbers 32: 23

²³ But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out.

When my family and I lived in Pickett, I loved raising chickens and giving away farm fresh eggs to everyone.

My chickens were mostly confined, but they were also free range, raised birds.

At night time they would almost always return to the roost. (Except for the time one roosted in the backseat of my neighbors car)

And when it comes to sin, those things also come back to roost...don’t they? That reminds me of a story.

I met a man once who told me things about God that no one had ever taken the time to teach or tell me.

I felt excited and anticipation grew in my heart. I thought that our entire church would benefit from this information.

That actually didn’t go over as well as I thought.

A remnant of those people who were disenfranchised, invited a local, vocal, preacher to a “private” meeting to pile on.

And more recently, that local preachers ministry has suffered deeply, but what’s funny...is that almost no one seems to be talking about that?

My sins will find me out, and when I sin I don’t fail my fellow man...I fail God.

Maybe before we start pointing fingers, we should be reminded that there are four (4) more finger pointing back at us.

I’m willing to bet that most people aren’t as spiritual as they think they are.

There are a number of things that you’ll never see in Heaven, and un-confessed sin is one of them.

Sins always carries a hefty price tag, but it does not have to be that way.

Before things come back to roost, it might be best if we admitted, confessed and repented of our prideful sin. We could save ourselves a lot of pain that way.