Don't Be Like
Hanz Blix and Hide the Smoking Gun!
March 10, 2003
Britain and the United States will today press the
chief UN weapons inspector to admit that he has found a "smoking
gun" in Iraq. Such an admission could persuade swing voters on
the Security Council to back the March 17 ultimatum.
The British and US ambassadors plan to demand that
Hans Blix reveal more details of a huge undeclared Iraqi
unmanned aircraft, the discovery of which he failed to mention
in his oral report to Security Council foreign ministers on
Friday. Its existence was only disclosed in a declassified
173-page document circulated by the inspectors at the end of the
meeting -- an apparent attempt by Dr. Blix to hide the
revelation to avoid triggering a war.
At the time I'm writing this I don't know the
outcome of the supposed "smoking gun." But I do know what Dr.
Blix seemed to have done with the Iraqi plane, men do all the
time with their private lives. We hide and cover up so that we
can avoid the consequences of reality. Jeremiah noted our
propensity when he said, "The heart is deceitful above all
things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?" Ouch! That
God-inspired statement hurts. The bottom line is that apart from
Christ we're a self-protecting and deceitful lot.
While such truth may sting, accepting it is the
first step toward a godly life. John said as much when he wrote,
"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" (1 John 1:8-9.
Unlike Dr. Blix we need to admit the painful
truth. We need to confess our sins. When we bring them into the
light God performs two miracles--he not only forgives us, he
cleanses us. Too bad Saddam doesn't understand the power of
honest confession--it would save his life, his family, and his
kingdom. Let's not make the same mistake.
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