When the Holy Spirit convicts you of a sin in your life, why do you repent? Many of us still repent to escape the wrath of God. If I do not repent to God, will He punish me? To escape retribution.
The focus is on the temporary. When we see the actual picture of God getting hurt and pained by our deed or thought; we have back stabbed Him. We have proclaimed our rebellion to a loving Father. We have declared our own way against trust. Have our minds bled out of this thought that I have hurt God?
A genuine repentance finds you rushing back to a loving Father like the second son, wailing and crying (at least with a heavy heart) seeking forgiveness. A frivolous one is directed towards one's own self. A genuine repentance looks at God's heart; A superficial one looks at His hands. Or even at our own heart alone.
2Cor:7:10
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret. But worldly sorrow brings death.
An everloving, everforgiving Father is always waiting with arms open wide for reinstating that relation with full vigour. There is no guilt, nor playing the scenes again and again in your mind. There is welcoming with bearhugs in godly sorrow. There is joy. There is life in its fullness.
It all depends on what is the kind of repentance you have? What do you look for in sorrow? What is your motive?
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ReplyDeleteVow let's look at God's heart rather than looking at His hands 🙏
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