[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Do not cover it up

Read: 2 SAMUEL 11:1-28 

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“He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes  them will have mercy” (Proverbs 28:13). 

After a particularly restless night, I got up in the early hours to take off a weave  I had attached to my hair. The heat and discomfort on my scalp had become  unbearable. I stood in front of my bathroom mirror at about 3am with a pair of  scissors in my hands, taking off the threads that attached the weave to my hair.  As the weave came off, I cringed at the state of my hair. It looked very dry and  had gone grey at the roots. The weave had served as a cover for the true state  of my hair. On the outside, my hair looked perfect and well groomed, but  underneath the weave, were rows of dry and damaged hair. I decided there and  then to visit a hair therapist and commence the process of rejuvenating and  restoring my hair to a healthier state. 

Whilst praying a few moments later, it was impressed in my heart that in much  the same way, we cover up mistakes, sins, and wrong attitudes in our lives. We  use pretence, falsehood, lies or bravado to cover up the rottenness that is going  on inside us. After committing Adultery with Bathsheba and impregnating her,  king David tried to cover up his act by ordering the death of her husband in the  battlefront. But his actions were visible before God, and He was displeased.  David’s life and family were greatly affected by that singular indiscretion. 

Do not cover your sins no matter how grievous they are. If you do, it will not be  well with you at the end of the day. You may succeed in fooling others, but God  cannot be mocked. He knows about them; He is waiting for you to own up and  ask for His help. I could only commence treating my hair, after the weave came  off. Complete restoration and healing can only occur when you confess and  forsake your sins. Decide today to remove every cover of falsehood. No sin is  too great to be forgiven, and none is too small to be confessed.

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

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