Peanut butter sandwiches. They taste good, but the creation of the sandwich is the creation of a mess. You want the sandwich, but afterwards, it can be easy to be lazy. You don't feel like cleaning up after lunch. Why? Becuase it takes effort. You want to relax. However, as we all know, if you don't clean up the mess, then it is still there at dinner. Now, you can delay cleaning and just leave the bread and peanut butter out, let the crumbs stay on the counter, put the plate in the sink, and make dinner around the mess. But the mess is still there.
Or, instead of working around the mess, you have option number two: hiding the mess. Many single people can attest to that. I know of a man who used to keep some of his dirty cereal bowls underneath the sink. Talk about disgusting. Out of sight, out of mind, right?
Either way, the issue has not been resolved, it has only been avoided. Sin works in a similar fashion. When you have something that needs to be "cleaned up" you have a few options (with only one being the right option). Say you bought a movie you should not have. You can leave it on your shelf and just never watch it, or you can hide it so that you try to appease yourself by not thinking about it. Or you can avoid the evil all together and throw it in the trash. Chances are, if you leave it in your house it will still bother you. Don't let sin have that power. Claim the victory.
Or maybe it's a problem with a person. You have sinned against him/her. The knowledge of that unconfessed sin will keep you from moving forward with that Christian family member because it restricts your spiritual liberty. You feel burdened by it; it's on your mind when you talk to that person. It's on your mind at church. You can get it out or keep it in, but you make the choice to do either.
Don't let the mess control you. Go about it like Christ has commanded. Confess! You want the mess cleaned up.
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