Replacement part

Late last night my husband found that we had water all over in the sub-pump room of our basement.  We quickly discovered that there was a hole in the connector and it was spraying water.  It was just a small hole so we put some plumbers putty on it and that seemed to hold it until we’d be able to get it fixed today.  By the time we woke up this morning, the small patched hole was now a larger hole and it was spraying pretty good.  Thankfully we had put towels all around so the we didn’t end up with flooding however it was clear that we needed to get something done quickly. 

I started thinking about how this is kind of like sin in our lives.  Sometimes sin can seem like something so small.  We might try to “patch” our sin but if we don’t do a full repair, all it will do is later give way and become an even bigger sin.

I John 1:8-10

If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.

We ended up having to replace a part on the sub pump.  It was not something that could simply be patched. 

In our lives, Christ has offered us the “replacement” part of himself to fix the leak of our sin.  Each of us needs to be looking for those areas that sin takes over and needs the replacement of Christ in our lives.