Tuesday, December 1, 2009

What's Done in the Dark

What’s Done in the Dark” is a play that first opened in September 2006. Most of it is about questionable activities that occur in the dark. One character, Brenda had a son who sold drugs, in the dark. A drug deal goes bad one day and Calvin gets shot. What was done in the dark, comes to light.Another character, Kerry, dated one of the doctors for years, in the dark. Kerry later discovers that the doctor has been married to another woman for years and his wife is pregnant. What was done in the dark, come to light. There was also a married couple in the play, the Lovetts, who discover they both have an STD. One of them had been cheating, in the dark. The wife blames the husband, but in the end we discover the wife was the one cheating. What was done in the dark, comes to light.
What’s done in the dark refers to the stuff we do when no one is watching. The stuff we hope our family, friends, and coworkers will never discover about us. It is the stuff that we know we shouldn’t be doing, but we do it anyway. What’s done in the dark is the stuff that if people found out they would say, "OMG! I never would have guessed in a million years that you—deacon, brother, minister, evangelist, missionary, pastor, sister so and so—would do such a thing. I expected so much more from you." In short, what's done in the dark refers to the sins we commit.
Interestingly, King David in II Samuel chapters 11 & 12 had a major "what's done in the dark comes to light moment" when he 1) slept with another man's wife 2) tried to manipulate the husband into sleeping with his wife to make it seem like the baby is his and 3) had the man killed because his plan failed. The rest of David's story teaches us three things about sin.
First, sin breeds other sins. David started out by looking at the woman. After looking for a while he began to covet (strongly desire) her. Coveting led him to sleep with her and commit adultery. Adultery led to a child and to cover up the child in told multiple lies. Because the lies didnt work, he ended up murdering the husband. Notice, it all began with one act, looking. Looking led to coveting and the rest is like a domino affect. We must be careful not allow ourselves to intentionally consider committing the smallest sins (though God doesn't rank them, you know what I mean:) because they usually serve as gateways to larger ones.
Second, sin always has consequences. Because David had the husband killed, one consequence is that he displeased God. A second consequence is that the child he conceived with Bathsheba died. Third, his punishment for committing the sins was that his own children would turn against him. Those few moments of lust resulted in years of heartache and pain. Benjamin Franklin once said, "Sin doesn't hurt because it is forbidden, it is forbidden because it hurts." At the end of the day, God doesn't want us to commit sin because he understands the pain it will cause us and those around us.
Finally, confession causes our sins to be forgiven. When David was confronted about his sins, his response was, "I have sinned against the Lord" (12:13). Immediately after his confession, the prophet tells him that his sins have been forgiven or taken away. David coveted his neighbors wife, but his sin was forgiven. David slept with another man's wife, but his sin was forgiven. David had a man killed, but his sins were forgiven. All I'm trying to say is that no matter how bad you think your sins are, they are never too bad for God to forgive. When we ask for forgiveness, God is faithful and just to forgive us. When you ask for forgiveness know that God's forgiveness means that God has taken them away. Since God has taken them away you should not live the rest of your life with the guilt of what you've done. If God can let it go, so should you.

Peace!

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