John had just come home from the store where he had bought a bag of candy. How good it looked! He popped one in his mouth, then set the bag on the kitchen table and ran outside to play.
Soon John’s little brother, Steve, came into the kitchen. He saw the bag sitting on the table. He looked inside and then looked around to see if anyone was watching. Nope, there was no one around. He quickly took the bag to his bedroom and closed the door.
Now, where will I eat it? he wondered. Then he had an idea. He crawled under the bed covers and started eating the candy.
Boys and girls, do you know that there is One who is watching you every minute? There is no place you can go that will hide you from God, not even hiding under the bed covers. “Thou God seest me” (Genesis 16:1313And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? (Genesis 16:13)). The Bible also says, “The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good” (Proverbs 15:33The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. (Proverbs 15:3)). Have you ever taken any candy that wasn’t yours or maybe some money or something else from your brother or sister? Or maybe it was a cookie out of the cookie jar. Perhaps no one else knows about that secret sin. But the Lord Jesus knows about it. And it makes Him sad when you sin, but He still loves you. He wants you to confess to Him that you are a sinner and believe that He took your punishment on the cross for your many, many sins.
Soon John came back into the kitchen from playing and noticed his bag of candy was gone. He looked around for it and then yelled, “Hey, where’s my candy?”
His mother came into the kitchen, and they both began looking around for the missing bag. She happened to notice that Steve’s bedroom door was closed. She decided to check it out.
She knocked and then went into the room with John right behind her. What do you think they saw? A great big hump under the bed covers! Pulling them back, she found a very guilty-looking little boy. “Be sure your sin will find you out” (Numbers 32:2323But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out. (Numbers 32:23)).
Steve gave back what was left of the candy, and then he had to be punished for stealing.
Will you come to Jesus right now?
MAY 10, 1998
ML-05/10/1998