+DEV+ Cover-Up

Date: October 26, 2010 11:11 PM
Topic: +DEV+ Cover-Up

Cover-Up

"Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account" (Hebrews 4:13).
Scripture Focus: Genesis 31:25-35

Jacob fled from his father-in-law Laban, but Laban caught up with him where Jacob had set up camp. Laban was upset that Jacob had sneaked away before he could kiss his grandchildren and daughters good-by. But also someone had stolen his household idols. Jacob invited Laban to search the camp for them.

Ironically, Rachel had stolen them and hidden them in her camel's saddle. She was sitting on them when her father Laban searched her tent. It was a successful, but evil, cover-up.

Hardly a week passes without the news exposing the guilt of a corporate executive, politician, or investment broker. We smugly point to high-profile figures, thinking we ourselves would never do something like that. Yet all the while our own private "idols" are as nicely hidden as Rachel's were. We conceal our judgmental attitudes, pride, bitterness, love of self...all idols we cling to more tightly than we cling to the Lord.

Let's turn to Him and put Him on the throne.

Insight: Trying to cover our idols is as foolish as trying to hide tooth decay from a dentist's X-rays.