To repent means to change the way you think. This is very important because when you change what you think you change your life. The Bible says that what you think is who you really are, Proverbs 23:7. What you speak, what you do, and how you feel will follow what you think. Your mind and thoughts are the front line in God’s transforming work in you. Changing what you think changes your life and sets a new direction for your future. Repentance is a decision to believe and walk in the light of a revelation of truth from God. Repentance also means to turn away from sin and turn toward God, to face Him. Sin is anything that distracts you away from God. When you turn toward God your spiritual senses begin to focus on Him. This puts you in position to receive revelation from Him. Revelation from God causes you to change your perspective which causes you to change what you think. What you focus on you will connect with and become like. When one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. (2 Corinthians 3:16-18 NKJV) When you focus on Jesus the veil of deception and darkness is removed and you begin to see the light of His glory. This allows the Holy Spirit to do a transforming work in you. Notice we go from glory to glory, revelation to revelation, which causes us to change the way we think as we come into agreement with what God is revealing to us. We are transformed by changing what we think. Repentance is not going back and starting over; it is going from one level to the next level in your walk with God.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 06:24:11 +0000
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