Hidden sins

“Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.” - Ezekiel 8v12

What do we do when we are going through tough times and in our flesh we do not sense God’s presence? Sometimes it can be tempting to just say – “Well, if He is not going to pay attention anyway then I can go ahead and do whatever I want. Things can’t get any worse than they are now.

This is what God’s people were doing to Ezekiel. God gave him a vision of what was going on out of site, behind the walls and in the hidden chambers. Horrible sins were going on in the hidden places, unspeakable things. And what was the reason? God doesn’t see us – He has forgotten all about us.

The dark days should bring us into closer fellowship with Him, not drive us into sin. It was said of Job that “in all these things he sinned not.” May we NEVER use the trying times as any kind of excuse to sin.