"Be sure your sin will find you out" (Num 32:23).Every sin is like a magnet; when you go close to it you are caught by it.
The story is told of two young boys who were having a good time collecting plasticwares and other light materials floating in a river which had flooded its banks. Suddenly they spied a woollen-blanket-looking thing floating some distance away in the river. One boy swam towards it and caught the so-called black blanket. But as soon as he caught the blanket, he started drowning. "Leave the blanket and come away," shouted the other boy who was on the shore. "I've left the blanket," shouted back the drowning boy, "but the blanket doesn't leave me!" With that the boy disappeared from view. Then, to his shock and horror, the other boy saw the so-called black woollen blanket swimming away - it was a big black bear!
Every sin is like a black bear. First you are attracted to it. Smoking, drinking, etc. may appear harmless and likeable in the beginning. However, at the end they kill your spirit, soul and body. "The promises of sin are fair but the pay-off is cruel," said Albert Nielson. "The wages of sin is death" (Rom :23).
"Sin's pleasures have such great appeal,
They look like bargains rare;
But seldom do we clearly see
The hidden costs they bear."
Keep as far away as possible from sinful places and people. "Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn away from it and pass away" (Prov 4:14,15).
- Late Pastor T.U.Thomas, in Morning Manna
