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For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world works death."

 ~2 Corinthians 7:10

 

 

I was in elementary when I got caught stealing, red-handed. I remember the consequence better then the actual item that brought me to sorrow. I remember the security person who was a part of my fate, she was a women and I remember the look on my mother's face-murder. I also remember my heart beating so hard against my chest I could hear it. Every thought possible raced through my head, but the one thought that gave me the most chills was having to face my dad. I just knew my mom was going to tell him, and she did.  My mom and I left that store in silence, but it was my first lesson in being sorrowful, not for hurting my mom and dad, but for getting caught.

 

Does this sound familiar? Many of us have been here, or still is here. We go forth in doing or saying things that we know goes against the laws of God, but we press anyway. When we get caught, we are immediately stunned that it even happened. Our first thought is not about the hurt we have caused God, but rather on how we are going to redeem ourselves from the current situation. We think of what we are going to lose-reputation, position, family, opportunity, etc., but God is no where in our thoughts, only self. When we sin, the first offended is God. They are His laws, they are His precepts that we violate. We tend to get our wires criss-crossed in the process.  We work harder to salvage self, then we do trying to make things right with God.

 

King David (2 Samuel 11 & 12), after committing adultery and murder, found it impossible to have right relationship with anyone, not even himself, until he confessed his sin before God. There are many of us that have bypassed this crucial step and do not have peace of mind. We are full of guilt and the result is anger, overcompensation, and denial. Some of us have become hard and truth is no longer permitted into our hearts. Both of these places need to be confessed in order for us to have peace with God and our fellow man. When David's sin was brought before him by the prophet Nathan, David did not try to salvage self, instead he confessed His sin to God and allowed God to rectify the situation His way.

 

God wants to see us free today. If we don't have the godly sorrow that brings about true repentance we can ask God to give it to us. He wants us to ask. He wants to see us healthy and whole. We don't have to live a life trying to preserve self, God wants to preserve us and can do a better job doing it then we ever could. Let's set ourself free today, let's confess our sins and repent, and find the rest our soul so desperately needs.

 

Father, thank You again, for all that you do in us. Thank you for what You desire to do in us. We know that more than we like to admit, we don't consider You when we sin, but just ourselves. We don't even think of how what we did hurt Your heart-Jesus. He who gave His life, so that we may have life more abudant (John 10:10). Forgive us O Lord. We confess that we have tried to cover our sins, deny our sins, justify our sins, blame shift our sins, but You know the truth. Thank you for showing us how much You love us by showing us our sins, so that we may confess them and find rest. You desire to heal us, heal us now O Lord as we confess our sins and repent. In Jesus Name, Amen.

(If you have been blessed-leave a comment. Would love to hear your heart.) 

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