Thursday, June 5, 2014

Do You Even Repent, Bro?

Repent, to feel sincerely sorrowful for one's wrongdoing or sin, to turn away from that sin and live to the amendment of one's life. Jesus calls on us to repent from our sins. I think a lot of people feel that this is for Him. And while it is, He also wants us to do it for ourselves. More so than we think. If we live something over and over and do not repent of it, it begins to loom over us like a dark blanket. That's the Holy Spirit at work. To repent, cast all you sins at His feet, turn and leave them. I think one of the reasons Jesus wants us to do this, aside from no sin entering Heaven, is so that we can experience the full freedom He has given us to live abundantly. See, that little hindrance will prevent us from being full of Christ. It will prevent us from being the witness we need to be. It will stop us from fully worshipping God the way we should. This will have a snowball effect on our relationship with Christ. 2 Corinthians 7:9-10 says (9)yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. (10)Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. He wants us to repent to experience joy and freedom versus the devil's plot to cause sorrow with sin and lead us away from God unto death, not everlasting life. Who's plan are you following?