On the surface the reading this morning seems like an easy thing to think about and then maybe write about, but then as I dig deeper, I realize that it is anything but easy.
Chambers writes:
"If there is sin in your life, don't just admit it, confess it."
So there must be a difference in admitting a sin in my life and really confessing it, and that difference seems to me, not only admitting that I have this problem, but really and truly wanting to give it up. And then there is this sin problem of pride that keeps me wanting to keep it all under wraps, so that I can continue to let others think that I am not as bad as I really am.
What is a body to do?
Chambers uses the scripture from Matthew 5 that reads "If you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift" (Matthew 5:23-24).
True confession that makes any difference in my life is not only the admission of guilt, but the wanting to turn away from that in my life, and that wanting has to be a supernatural thing from God. Paul says that he does what he does not want to do, but does not do what he wants. Without the power of God to initiate the action, I cannot do it.
So what is my prayer today? That God will show me who I really am, and give me the power to want to change to be the person He wants me to be.
I want to but I don't want to....
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