Why do you repent? Is it to make your life easier? To have things? To prosper in you work? Have you tasted the goodness and blessings of the LORD then fallen out of favor due to sin and yearn to be back in His good Grace? Do you feel his displeasure and long for the return of His mercy for ease of pain and suffering? What is your motivator? Your flesh or His pleasure? Have you even considered what pleases God? Does it enter your mind His desires, or is it your old man that cries out for satisfaction with thought of nothing else? How does He put up with us? He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever. (Psalms 103:9 NKJV) If we love Him, shouldnt obeying His commandments be our highest priority? And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. (Mark 12:30 NKJV) When we love someone we want to please them; not disappoint them! If those are our intentions for our earthly parents, how much greater should that desire be for our Heavenly Father. When we broke our parents rules, we could expect punishment! Occasionally we might receive mercy and the threatened punishment be lessened, due to their love for us; when they deemed we had learned our lesson! However when the disregard for the rule became the norm we could expect the full sentence to be carried out! The same goes for us when we break civil law! Justice stands waiting to exact her price. There is no way we could pay for our sins against Him, so He, through His grace, extends mercy at our repentance! But true repentance is from the heart; not lip service! Repentance means turning away from sin! If we fail, and repent, He is quick to forgive! Yes, His mercies are new morning, and when we once again turn from doing evil His grace abounds! We move back under His blessings, however we are still left with the consequences our our actions! Its how we (like children) learn from our mistakes! You stick your hand in the fire you get burned. You learn so you dont stick your hand in there again! There is no joy, there is no peace, there is nothing akin to feeling Gods pleasure in your life. Loving God, and being loved by Him is beyond comparison to all earthly delights! All else pales! When you repent, do it for the right reason! Do it for the Lover of your soul! Return to Him and return His Love! Find your purpose for existence! Him! Even so - MARANATHA!
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 10:32:26 +0000
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