“In early February, a sheriff’s officer clocked a 2020 grey Kia sedan cruising at a brisk pace of 95 miles per hour on Interstate 10 through Florida’s panhandle. The two men, in their mid 30’s, were driving back to Orlando. The vehicle was headed east towards the metropolitan areas of Orlando and Miami. This corridor is a major feeder for drug trafficking into the Sunshine State, so officers are constantly on the lookout for signs of smugglers. Federal law permits officers to stop those who are breaking the law, issuing arrests and tickets accordingly. But the Fourth Amendment prohibits the search of vehicles without probable cause, or reasonable suspicion.
“When the officers pulled the vehicle over last weekend, right in plain sight, they noticed two bags. Each zip-lock container was labeled “Bag full of drugs.” This sight, of course, would have doubtless provoked a number of questions, but more importantly, it prompted enough reasonable suspicion to warrant a search of the car, and the bags. Inside, Santa Rosa County Sheriff officers found methamphetamine, GHB, cocaine, fentanyl, MDMA tablets, and various drug paraphernalia. Both the driver and passenger were booked into the Santa Rosa County Jail without bond, and remained in custody Tuesday afternoon. Later, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office posted the following message to Facebook: “Santa Rosa K-9 Deputies recently assisted [Florida Highway Patrol] on a traffic stop on I-10 where a large amount of narcotics were discovered. Note to self — do not traffic your illegal narcotics in bags labeled ‘Bag Full Of Drugs.’ Our K-9’s can read.””*
Not every criminal is the sharpest pencil in the backpack, huh? But, then again, not every believer is as well. Some of us think that God doesn’t know about the sins we effectively hide from each other, even when the Bible tells us that nothing escapes His notice (Hebrews 4:13). God sees our “bag full of sin” and we will have to deal with it. As Moses said, “Be sure your sin will find you out” (Numbers 32:23).
God loves you!
Mike
*https://www.preaching.com/sermon-illustrations/bag-full-of-wicked-things/
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