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03.09.11

Unexploded Bombs

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed
is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit
there is no deceit. When I kept silent, my bones grew old through my
groaning all the day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my
vitality was turned into the drought of summer. - Psalm 32:1-4.

A Romanian taxi driver took a small bomb from a warehouse, not realizing
what it was, or the danger. He drove around for two hours with it on the
backseat of the car. Then, he and some other taxi drivers, played a game of
rugby with the bomb; until finally, one of them realized that it was really
a Second World War bomb. At any time, the bomb could have gone off,
injuring, or killing all of them. Claudiu Jalba a spokesperson from the
Civil Protection Inspectorate said: "The missile is meant to destroy
everything within a certain area. Although it has suffered physical and
chemical changes, its warhead is armed and may explode any time and shards
from the bomb would have been blown up to 900 meters."

Are you carrying an unexploded bomb around with you? King David did. After
he had arranged the murder of Uriah, and had taken Uriah's wife Bathsheba as
his own, David did not confess his sin to God. David knew what he did was
wrong, but he hardened his heart, resisting the pleadings of the Holy
Spirit. His heart was so hardened, that when Nathan the prophet confronted
David with his sin, he did not even understand that the story Nathan told
was about him. Nathan had to say to David, "You are the man! .Why have you
despised the commandment of the Lord to do evil in His sight? .Now,
therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house because you have
despised me.(2 Samuel 12)."

David did not realize until after the fact that the bomb of sin, and
unconfessed sin, had exploded in his life. David says of when he had
unconfessed sin in his life, "When I kept silent, my bones grew old through
my groaning all the day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;
my vitality was turned into the drought of summer." It was like Samson, who
had not realized the Holy Spirit had departed from him, and rose up to fight
off the Philistines as before; but the power of the Spirit had departed,
leaving him helpless (Judges 16:20). We too, can carry on in the functions
of life for some time, resisting the pleadings of the Holy Spirit. We can
witness, teach, and preach; but there will come a point when our witnessing,
teaching, and preaching are without power. For the anointing will have
departed.

So what do we do if we are carrying around an unexploded bomb? We must turn
back to God; confess our sins to God just as David did. Psalm 51 is David's
great prayer of confession. The consequences of David's sin could not be
erased, but David could now live with himself, and he says in Psalm 32, "I
acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, 'I
will confess my transgressions to the Lord,' and You forgave the iniquity of
my sin.You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble.Be glad
in the Lord and rejoice you righteous; and shout for joy, all you upright in
heart!"

Defuse the bomb before it explodes! Turn from sin, confess, and you will
find yourself shouting for joy as well.

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