Just a Little Sin...

There was a man Jesus called, he heard the Savior say, “Come follow me, friend, don’t go your own way.” So the man began to follow. He watched as Jesus healed the lame. He was taken with His teaching and wondered why He came. The demons fled His presence, while the people praised His Name. The obvious was clear to him, association with Jesus promised fame. The opportunity must not be wasted; the thought occurred to him. So the man began to plan - just a little sin. Possibly some skimming, a little here and a little there. It was such a small matter surely no one would care. As Jesus continued to minister, the deceit began to grow, The man was a leader, but little did they know, that deceit lived within him, and his service was a show. To the man’s jaded thinking, the miracles seemed to slow. The teaching became less than appealing, and nothing was quite the same. His logical conclusion was that Jesus’ popularity was going down the drain. The man quickly realized the turning of the tide, and in a panic, he said, “This attention will soon be over, now must be my time!" It was at that very moment his little sin would grow, for Satan was ready and willing, waiting to bestow. At that moment he heard ones with power saying, “Thirty shiny silver ones for the fading King of Kings!” With panic, he replied, “I’ll take it! I’ll take it! But let’s do it fast! The night is almost over and this deal has got to last!” The betrayer with his bounty was now pridefully on his way, but soon he would realize a little silver was not worth the high cost he began to pay. The silver was a letdown, for it surely could not pay for the growing mount of sin that had led him far astray. Longing for relief, he found a good old tree. He perched himself high up on a limb, one can only imagine how it must have been. Could it be that at the end he found himself alone crying, “Why me? Why me? It was only for a fee! If others could only learn it began with just a little sin.” Mark Sterling 

This is a poem Mark wrote about Judas and the danger of seeing sin as "just a little thing." I know I have found myself justifying, rationalizing, compartmentalizing, or hiding "little sins." However, sin is never little and always grows when not dealt with. Sin leads to death and chokes the spiritual life right out of us. Freedom comes from confessing sin and that is the only life that is abundant. Sin is fun for a season, but the consequences can last decades of seasons. Why risk so much by seeing how close we can live to sin and still have Jesus? Why not live a life surrendered, free, and abundantly right with Jesus!

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