Title: Don't Shame Me
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No one is perfect, no matter who he is. Therefore, they unintentionally make mistakes and commit sins. I am not talking about willful crime. Nor does it mean demonic fraud. We can make mistakes of good intentions without lies. However, it must be remembered that a simple error like this is the starting point for an act of sin.
If you look at the Bible, you can find several reasons for making this kind of mistake.
1. This is the case of Abraham.
I made a mistake because I was in a hurry because of fear. Because when people are afraid, they make bad judgments. If we look at Genesis 12:10 and below, Abraham's mistake is revealed. God said to Abraham, "I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, and you will be a blessing." But there is no food to eat “because there is a famine in the land.” Of course, there wouldn't be enough water. Things were getting tougher. He had a terrifying thought. God had told Abraham, "I will give you this land," but when the famine got worse, he could not bear his fear, so he left Bethel and went down to Egypt. When a person makes one mistake, it is easy to make a second and third mistake. So Abraham made a second mistake. “When he came near from Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know that you are a beautiful woman, and I will kill you, and you will live. .
When Abraham arrived in Egypt, he made the mistake of thinking that his life and death were in Sare's hands. Abraham is a man who lives according to the will of God. But once we enter the city of fear, we lose focus and forget the Word of God. Therefore, people's thoughts come before God's words.
2. This is the case with Moses.
The intention was good, but the plan or method was wrong, and there were mistakes made in good faith. Look at the appearance of Moses in Exodus 2. At that time Moses was 40. No matter how old you are, people are bound to make mistakes. When Moses, entering his middle age, saw the Israelites suffering under the yoke of Egypt, he pretended that he had the power to save this people.
Exodus 2:11-12, “After Moses had grown up, he went out to his brother once, and saw his affliction, and saw an Egyptian beating a certain Hebrew, his brother. He killed them and hid them in the sand."
Moses killed a man with the right motive to save the Hebrew people and avenge their oppressors. He grew up in the Egyptian civilization, but he was descended from Hebrew ancestry. Moses had a desire to do what was righteous. However, he committed the crime of murder. Moses thought everyone would understand him. This is also one characteristic of a person who makes a mistake in good faith. But look at Acts 7. It's the same story, but written 1,500 years later from a slightly different point of view. "I thought the brothers would understand that God was saving them by his hand, but they did not understand."
That's right. We walk our sleeves with good intentions and do what our body wants us to do, but the consequences torment us. This is like trying to do God's will on our own terms. However, we must remember clearly that these actions are not God's will. What Moses did was never done out of malice. But I made a mistake without thinking.
3. The case of David.
He made mistakes due to carelessness. In 1 Kings 1:5-6, “Adonijah son of Haggith exalted himself in those days, saying, ‘I will be king. When I grew up, my father never once did he feel sorry for me when he said, "Why did you do this?"
Haggit was one of David's wives. If you study your Davidic genealogy closely, you will see that David was a sinner of polygamy. By my counting alone, David's wives were 18. I don't know if there were more than that. After all, Haggit is one of David's wives. Haggit is the mother of Adonijah. Adonijah had a rebellious personality from birth. He continued to do so as he grew up, and when he reached the age of self-responsibility, he failed to take responsibility.
In the past, he said, "I will be king" and rebelled against his father David. The problem, however, is that the father David did not discipline his son until he became like this. David was too busy. He had too much to do as a king. As a result, he was careless about his family. This is often the case with people who do great things and are so-called successful people.
As we have seen, many of the mistakes we make are of this type. However, it is enough to admit and correct this honestly, but in most cases, it is the human assumption to make excuses to rationalize this. Humans are so lacking. You don't know how many times people make mistakes without realizing it. To human beings who make many mistakes like this, God gives a word of comfort today.
When David discovered his mistake, he was depressed, very discouraged, and disappointed. He wrote Psalm 31 today after he could not bear his fear and made a mistake. “In You, O Lord, I take refuge; do not let me be put to shame forever, but deliver me in Your righteousness… I commit my spirit into Your hand.” This moment is the most tragic moment in the life of the Messiah. We too can quote this in the shame and despair that comes after a mistake.
There is only one God who can trust our souls when we make a serious mistake. No one can give us the comfort we need.
Look at verse 7 of today's text. “I will rejoice and rejoice in your kindness, because you have looked at my troubles and have known my soul in trouble.” That's right.
Gentlemen, God knows everything about us, yet He has infinite compassion for us. Every time I read these words, I get great strength. We are troubled on the outside, we have tribulation on the inside, we make mistakes, but the Lord sympathizes with us and understands us.
So, how does God, who sees us fully as we are, treat us? Verse 8 says, “He has not delivered me into the hand of his enemies.”
God is not far from us. When we make a big mistake, the most fearful thing is being rejected by God.
We are embarrassed by shame, we suffer failures and losses. Just as God is with us when we are happy, He guides us when we are depressed and in a bad mood. So James says: “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials.”
Moreover, God guides us in secret places. It is said in Psalm 31:19-20. "How great is the grace you have stored up for those who fear you, the grace that you have bestowed on those who take refuge in you before men. You have hid them in your secret place, from the counsel of men, and hid them in secret tabernacles, from the strife of salvation. did it."
The best we can learn from our mistakes comes to us in secret. God reveals his secrets to us in secret and surrounds us with his love and understanding.
A Christian is not a perfect person, but a person whose sins have been forgiven. That's right. Being a Christian does not remove all of our imperfections. We still make mistakes. It also makes a lot of very absurd mistakes. But we are thankful to God because we can know that our sins have been forgiven and have a new hope.
Our only prayer is, O God, do not put me to shame. We all make mistakes and lack many things by the grace of God, but I hope that we will not be ashamed and receive all the blessings of being guided by us in a secret place.