BBD 07.14.21 Unexploded Bombs (Classic)

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Classic from 2002

The Burning Bush Devotional

14 July 2021

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.

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

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Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
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Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman’ Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Todd
Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who
has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana
Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Bill S.; Nannie R.; Shonda
Hutson; and Sharon H.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Classic from 2002

The Burning Bush Devotional

14 July 2021

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.

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman’ Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Todd
Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who
has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana
Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Bill S.; Nannie R.; Shonda
Hutson; and Sharon H.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

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