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Larry Ray Hafley
"For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me"
(Isa. 47:10). Perhaps the greatest motivating factor for sin is, "No one will
ever know; no one will find out." If we think that we cannot be caught, we are
more likely to commit the offence. Few will act if they believe they will be
discovered. If they believe there is a good chance that their evil deeds will be
unmasked, and that they will be identified, not many will act.
It is true. We can get away with sin. We can escape the shame of being
discovered, judged, and punished. Yes, we can do evil and get away with it--in
this life. However, we cannot escape the eye of God, nor the judgment of God.
"For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his
goings" (Prov. 5:21). "For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every
secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil" (Eccl. 12:14). "The
Lord...will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest
the counsels of the heart" (1 Cor. 4:5).
Do not feel safe in your secret sins. Just because no one saw you, just
because no one knows, just because no one heard you, just because no one can
read your mind, it does not mean that you have gotten away with sin. Have you
"trusted in thy wickedness," saying, "none seeth me"? You had better think
again!
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