I am heading through security at the OKC airport; they scan my notebook, mobile, portfolio, and they scan my small suitcase. Then she says she needs to look in my suitcase...my toothpaste and shaving cream is too big...so I am off to check my bag at the ticket counter.
I come back through security and they scan my portfolio not once but twice...this makes three times counting the first time through. She unzips the bag and asks if I have change in it..."no"...she finds my 8" buck knife...DOH!
Put the scary fact that they missed it the first time aside.
It reminded me that there are times in our life that something is there and it takes a few times of looking closely to find it...sin is like that. We have to examine ourselves before God, lay the Word alongside our lives and see what looks like something hidden...something we have forgotten...something we have put away but not dealt with.
We need to be still before God and ask Him to keep us mindful of our sin and reveal gray areas. We need to go through a security checkpoint.
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Great analogy.
The great thing is, once you bring it before God, you don't have to go back through the checkpoint. It's done.
I definitely agree with that in terms of confession but I am pretty slow, so it takes me a little longer to realize the Holy Spirit is nudging me on it and even longer to unzip the bag to expose it.
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