POLICED

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In Christ, Mark

The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

Their malice may be concealed by deception, but their wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.

Proverbs 26:26-27   

This ends this reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

We’re all sinners. We should all know that. We should also know that we’re not living in a world where we are not kept in check by authorities when we choose to do wrong.

There’s little doubt we are policed in life. Drive too fast or recklessly on the highways, violating traffic laws and you can expect to be stopped and cited by law enforcement officers. Cause a disturbance in a public venue and you can expect security personnel to be summoned to escort you out or even take you into custody over your illicit behavior. Initiate illegal actions over the internet and you can be detected and prosecuted by cyber-detectives as the World Wide Web has become a hotbed for dishonesty and deceit (reference the propensity of hacking occurring these days).

I could go on and on but you get the point. We can try to do wrong but we need to keep in mind that we are always policed and held accountable for our actions in ways that are intended to ensure we don’t want to err again.

Now you might say, “Mark, how are we ALWAYS policed because no one I know is always watching everything I do?” My response to that question would be that you don’t feel like you are always policed because you DON’T know the One who is policing you always. And of course, I am talking about the Lord God Almighty, our Maker and Judge.

We never get away with anything in life because He is always policing us. He watches over us to protect us and He watches over us to correct us when we stray from being the people He wants us to be, when we choose sin and wickedness over righteousness and holiness. That correction could come in any variety of consequences and as we look at the words of Solomon in today’s scriptures, we see that we never get away with anything and will pay the price for our sinful actions. Look again at these two verses:

Their malice may be concealed by deception, but their wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. Proverbs 26:26

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them. Proverbs 26:27

Do something unlawful and then try to hide your transgression and you will find it eventually exposed and disclosed to others. What’s done in the dark will be brought to light or as Jesus put it, “For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open” (Luke 8:17). We need to keep this in mind not only as we consider the things that we do but also the things that others might do to us. Whatever is done in secret that is sinful will be brought out in the open.

The Lord also speaks to us through Solomon to warn us that we will fall into our own traps when we attempt to do harm to others. Dig a pit for someone to fall into and you’ll find yourself falling into it. Try and roll a stone to injure another and you’ll find that stone rolling back upon you.

Now you might say, “I’m never going to dig a pit or roll a stone. These words don’t apply to me.” But the word of God here is speaking about more than just the literal interpretation of these words. Many people try to set a trap for others to fall into or set actions in motion intended to wound another. There are more than enough schemes hatched that are similar in principle to digging a pit or rolling a stone and have the deliberate intent to hurt someone. The proverb simply is saying that you will fall into your own trap if you try it, the one who ends up hurt by it in the end.

Friends, we would be better off not even allowing sin to take us to the place where we try to do badly unto someone. For we are always policed by a Lord who sees our most innermost thoughts and knows our intentions before we even place them into action. No authority on earth is as powerful or as just as our Lord and no authority here on earth can unleash the kind of wrath and penalty He can on sin.

That thought alone should keep us in check. My prayer is that it does for you today and always.

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark

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