Everything had happened so fast. She had been in bed. Then suddenly all these men, and shouting. She was grabbed and dragged. Everything was a blur. Bright light and many voices and dust as the shouting & dragging continued down the street.

Then she was thrown down and heard them discuss starting the stoning. No surprises here. She was guilty and understood how things worked.

Then it got quiet.

Then it got quieter as the number of sandaled feet began to decrease. Shouts had become murmurs which became silence. Then there was only one pair of sandals close to her, and they belonged to the most compassionate eyes she had seen in years.

“Who is left to condemn you?”

There are no other sandals waiting. “They’re all gone.”

“I don’t condemn you either. Go, and don’t keep sinning anymore.”

She hadn’t repented nor declared her faith in Messiah. She found herself caught-in-the-act guilty at the feet of the Living God, full of all holiness and power.

And she was perfectly safe. He hadn’t come to condemn her but to save her. Even though she wasn’t confessing, repenting, or even fully aware of the situation, she was safe.

Do you feel that safe with Jesus as you wrestle with your sins? Do you help others know the safety of His presence?

It is not safe to remain in your sin. There is a day of judgement coming which makes now the right time to accept forgiveness. Come to Him, even and especially if you’ve been caught in the act. Right now the safest place for a sinner is at the feet of Jesus.