Secret Place

A little boy was talking to the 911 operator.  The operator asked, “Can I please speak to your mommy?”  The little boy replied, “No, she is busy.”  “Well, what is she doing?” asked the operator.  “She is talking to the policeman.”  The operator asked, “Then can I speak to your daddy?”  Again the boy replied, “No, he is busy too.”  “What is your daddy doing?” asked the operator.  “He is talking to the fireman” said the little boy.  “Is there anyone there that I can speak to?” asked the operator.  “No” replied the little boy.  “Why?” asked the operator.  “They are looking for me” the little boy said.

I love to hear The Booth Brothers sing their song “Secret Place”.  You can listen to it here.  The main thought of this song is that we have a “secret place” in our hearts that we put things that we don’t want to deal with.  We especially do not want God to deal with it.  I would call this “The Secret Place Of Sin”.

We have to be careful or we end up like a man named Achan who coveted a piece of clothing so much that he stole it and hid it in a hole in the floor of his tent.  The results were deadly.  His family lost their lives because of this man’s sin.

Maybe you and I need to consider the long lasting effects of our sin on our family and others around us.  It can be devastating to others.  Yet we just go on keeping our sin hidden in our “secret place” behind a locked door forbidding anyone entrance.  One day these sins will be made public either here or in Heaven.

So, how are you doing?