Exposed

"No one will ever know, this will be our little secret."  "Go ahead, no one's watching."  "I know I shouldn't, but who's ever going to find out?"  "Oh, go ahead and do it, nobody will ever know."

Sound familiar?  These voices, whether in your head or from someone helping you make a bad decision, are voices that are constantly with us when an opportunity to do wrong presents itself. 

The trouble with theses voices, wherever they originate, is that they are lying. The truth is, "there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open" (Luke 8:17).  

There is always a witness to what you do.  You are always bearing witness and the act is recalled in your heart. The one giving voice to the temptation is bearing witness, whether a friend, a stranger or Satan himself and God is ever present. 

Everything you do is being observed and there will be an accounting: "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" (Heb 41:13).

This truth is why Jesus warns to to "be careful how you listen" (Luke 8:18).  Whenever we are faced with a decision, their are competing voices tugging at us - voices repeating lies and voices ringing truth. One truth you can be certain of is "your choice will not remain a secret, it will be exposed - whether good or ill.

Jus' Sayn.