No One Gets Away With Sin

498 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from: 2Sa 11:9-11, “ But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house. 10 So when they told David, saying, "Uriah did not go down to his house," David said to Uriah, "Did you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?" 11 And Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields. Shall I then go to my house to eat and drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing." (2 Sam 11:9-11) Wow! What a man of honor! Uriah refuses to engage in intimacy with his wife because his fellow soldiers are being denied that privilege while they fight for Israel. Sounds good doesn't it? But is it more about Uriah's honor or God's sovereignty? Or is it a combination of both? Let me give you some verses to help make the point. Pr 15:3 “The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Keeping watch on the evil and the good.” God knew what was going on with David and Bathsheba and He was not going to let them get away with it. Pr 5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He ponders all his paths. 22 His own iniquities entrap the wicked man, And he is caught in the cords of his sin. 23 He shall die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. God wasn't going to let David get away with this sin. The truth is, none of us will ever get away with sin. It must be accounted for! If not in this life then the next. If we are not confronted with our sins, that is, convicted of them, and then instructed through the gospel how to shed those sins from our record, then we shall “die for lack of instruction.” It is great folly to think that we can cover our sins! We are all sinners in need of forgiveness and try as we might to cover our tracks, sin can only be obliterated by the blood of Jesus. For without the shedding of blood there can be no forgiveness of sins (Heb 11:29) The shed blood is applied the moment you trust Jesus as your Savior and Lord, and those sins are taken off the books and tossed into the Sea of Forgetfulness. Thank You Father for removing my sins from Your sight as far as East is from the West.