I'm thinking today specifically of a verse in Joshua, Joshua 7 13.
It says, rise up, consecrate the people and say,
consecrate yourselves for tomorrow.
For thus the Lord God of Israel has said,
there are things under the ban in your midst, O Israel.
You cannot stand before your enemies until you have
removed the things under the ban from your midst.
There were some absolutely off-limits things that had been taken into their midst.
Someone had broken the command.
Someone had profited from sinning against God.
They could not have success until that was dealt with.
You may be living yourself in a situation where you're doing
certain things that God calls off-limits,
even prospering by them,
even finding benefit in the outcomes.
That cannot be.
The truth is we must repent and turn to the Lord and let him be in charge.
What do you do if you find things in your life where you've profited from sin,
or where you're continuing in sin,
or for the first time ever you realize something is a sin?
The answer is you confess your sins to the Lord.
The Word says he is faithful and just to forgive you,
and cleanse you of all unrighteousness.
Then you do as Jesus said,
and go and sin no more.
Will there be difficulties, mistakes,
misfires, accidents?
Will you again later find something else that you're doing that you weren't supposed to?