Don't Avoid, Confess!
Genesis 3:9-10 But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?" (10) And he said, "I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself." I've seen the pattern again and again. Sin in someone's life leads to them "hiding" from God. Some hide from God by avoiding church, making excuses about not feeling comfortable, not liking something about it, or any other number of excuses. They avoid other Christians as well. The avoidance is because they know their sinning and they don't want to be confronted concerning it. Even being around other Christians makes them feel guilty because they know that they are doing wrong. So they avoid, they hide, they make excuses, they try to cover up the sin like Adam and Eve covered their bodies with fig leaves. King David fit this pattern. He had sinned by committing adultery with Bathsheba, then tried to cover it up. After getting Bathsheba p...