John 8:4

When the group of Jewish leaders have thrown the woman at the feet of Jesus, they state their case to him, “Teacher, this woman was nabbed in the very act of adultery!” John 8:4 EFP 
  
This is what Satan does best. He is an unscrupulous prosecuting attorney seeking a conviction at all cost and by every means available to him. He has no qualms about digging up the dirt on us. He specializes in setting us up for the fall and then surprising us in the midst of the fall to document the event for the world to see.

I am that woman. I am guilty of adultery. It doesn’t matter the reason or the path that led me there—I am guilty. I was caught in the very act! Satan only states the obvious. I am guilty. We all are. Who can say they have never been caught in adultery? We have been guilty of spiritual unfaithfulness at some moment or time. We have all wandered away (Isaiah 53:6). We are all fallen women (and men) caught red-handed with no defense or escape. We are laid bare for the universe to see and blush at our behavior.

The only good news is that, as the woman in this story, we find ourselves prone and beaten but at the feet of Jesus. That is where I want to be…always, regardless of circumstance. But the woman does not know this…yet.