Hidden Sins

I come from a family of blue eyed and freckled face people.  We do not fair well in the sun but seem to continue to find ourselves enjoying the rays on our face.  The unfortunate consequence is that we have also suffered from sin cancer. Fortunately it is basal cell and easily treated.

Recently, I went to a new dermatologist to be checked for some suspicious areas on my chest. She confirmed my belief that this was once again basal cell skin cancer.  She did however; present me with a new treatment.  She gave me a prescription for a cream that would be applied to the area three times a week for a month.  It was very expensive but I liked the idea better than surgery. She explained that it would cause the cancer to erupt and could become fairly painful but would clear up within some weeks. She explained that this drug was a smart drug and would go and find other cancer cells and cause them to erupt as well.  She said I might be surprised to see where they would appear.  Well, that was an understatement.  I was applying the cream in one small area and before I knew it I was covered with a mess of eruptions. I was so embarrassed by the mess on my chest that I made sure that any clothing I put on would cover the ugliness on my chest.

This experience caused me to think about sin.  Sin is like that skin cancer.  It often seems small and can be hidden from others and sometimes even from our own minds.  We can call it something else and be deceived about its presence in our lives.  God’s work in our life is like that cream as it is applied and begins to bring all of those hidden and ugly sins to our hearts to be dealt with.  Sin also wants to be hidden, as I wanted to hide my blemished chest.  It is ugly and we do not want to see it so often we think we can cover it but it will erupt and will always cause us the embarrassment that we so desire to avoid.

I began to think of the sins in my life.  Pride has come often to my mind lately.  I know God hates pride in my life but I continue my prideful ways.  Sometimes I can see Him at work exposing my pride through situations that occur which humble me and cause me to see that I have no reason to be prideful about anything.

What about you?  Are there some areas God wants to erupt in your heart?  Have you allowed Him to spread the cleansing cream of his love and mercy in your heart?  Do you know how much He desires to see you cured of the sins that are in your life?  Let the great physician apply the precious healing of His blood to wash away the sins that so easily beset us.

1 John 1: 7-11

“But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him liar, and His word is not in us.”