REAL MAN, OR CHOCOLATE SOLDIER?

"It takes a real man to make a true confession - a Chocolate Soldier will excuse or cloak his sin." - Charles Studd

Are you a real man, or chocolate soldier? There are certain questions that usually don't require an answer, but be fed as food for our thought. The above is one of such questions, for us to ponder.

In 1884 Grover Cleveland was running against James G. Blaine for the presidency of the U.S. Blaine supporters discovered that Cleveland, who was a bachelor at the time, had fathered a son by Mrs. Maria Crofts Halpin, an attractive widow who had been on friendly terms with several politicians. Subsequently, Republicans tried to pin an immorality tag on Democrat Cleveland by distributing handbills showing an infant labeled "One more vote for Cleveland" and by having paraders chant, "Ma, Ma, where's my pa? Gone to the White House, Ha, Ha, Ha!" The move, however, backfired badly. Rather than deny the story, Cleveland decided to tell the truth and admit the intimacy. This candor helped
defuse the issue, and Cleveland was elected president.

Granted you made that unthinkable mistake yesterday: we all do. I announce to someone, as long as you have confessed to God and are genuinely repentant, He's got your back on this one. He'll turn your detractors' plans around to favour you. God FROWNS at sin, but know that He EQUALLY frowns at enemies trying to trap you by it. I decree that every immorality charge your enemies attempt to pin on you, God will use for your victory today in Jesus name. Rejoice!

Let us pray: Father, I confess that sin (mention it/them) now, and ask for forgiveness, in Jesus name.

WISDOM NUGGET: Job 5:12-13
"God swiftly traps the wicked in their own evil schemes..." - CEV