Turning back to my true love….my Lord.
Our message this morning was a new look at repenting. We so often have the wrong impression of this word. We think its a series of things that we need to do, like read the Bible more…show more patience…start giving up our own wants more…follow the law of the ten commandments. Just as our salvation was given to us through grace and is nothing we earned, so repentance isn’t something we earn. We certainly do have to make a choice though. We have to choose to turn from the things that go against what the Lord teaches us through his Word. To truly repent we don’t just say that we will try to change, but we actually turn completely around and begin changing.
In the past few years I have had times where I have begun to love the things in my life like designing, watching TV, gain acceptance from others, just wanting my way. I have wanted to change and know that my life will be much better off once I take action and do it….spend time investing in my first true love, Jesus Christ and our relationship. I never really took the time to reflect deeply of the fact that I have to do something else first….I need to repent…turn completely around so that I can move forward in a different direction doing differently than what I did yesterday.
This new year is time for me to reflect on my previous year, decide what things I should no longer do or things that I should, and then turn around and resolve to do them. One thing I should not do though is rely on myself to complete the task. My job is to choose the things and resolve to keep working towards them, but I need to rely on Jesus Christ who has already won the victory to help me through his blood. Trust in the guidance of the Holy Spirit that lives in me, and the complete love of my heavenly Father.
