CLEAN
UNDER THE CARPET?
Memorise:
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Colossians 3:9
Read:
Exodus 22:10-12.
MESSAGE!
The advert of sin brought problems into the
relationship between God and man, and in the relationship between man and his
fellow man. The day you were born-again, your quarrel with God was laid to
rest, but not the quarrel with men. It takes restitution to settle pending
issues with men. Apostle Paul was conscious of this and that was why in Act 24:16 he said:
“And herein do I exercise myself, to have always
a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.”
Have you settled your pending restitutions?
Many years ago, while still an unsaved school
teacher, I had a visitor for whom I had to take a bed from school dormitory.
After his departure, I retained the bed, and when I eventually left the school,
I took it with me. Seven years later, I gave my life to Jesus, and when I
learnt about restitution, I decided to obey. I paid back to the school double
the value of that bed. I felt it was not right returning it, having used it for
seven years. When I did this, I had peace. Do you know that your peace is tied
to those pending restitutions? In other words, even though the Lord wants your peace
to be full, there is no way this can happen except your restitute your wicked
ways.
Moreover, do you know that when somebody puts
something in your care and it gets missing, you are expected to restitute,
unless the owner specifically says you should not? If you borrowed somebody’s
car and damaged it while in your custody, it is your responsibility to repair
it, but if you cannot afford to repair it at that time, report the matter to
the owner, apologise and humbly ask him to help you repair it, promising to
repay him as soon as possible. If the owner says you should not bother to
settle the bill, then and only then are you free. The Christian life is a life
of responsibility. You cannot afford to destroy things and hide them. Some
house-helps, children or wards mistakenly destroy valuable things in the house
and conceal their wrong-doing. This is wrong! The matter should be exposed so
that the appropriate disciplinary measures will be meted out. That issue you
swept under the carpet will one day be discovered. Right your wrong today!
Action
Point
Carry
out pending restitution so that you can have peace of mind.
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