Turn to Him

Romans 2:4 – Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you toward repentance.

Is the way you are living your life showing contempt for the gift that God has given you?  

2 Corinthians 7:10 – Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

When you sin do you show Godly sorrow...or do you show worldly sorrow? Do you ache because Jesus didn’t deserve to die for you?  Or do you show worldly sorrow over being caught or found out?

When we sin – we need to run to Him, not from Him.

We cannot fix ourselves – We can do nothing but try to manage our sinful behavior, we can put all of our effort into fixing ourselves, but that more often than not, will lead to a different sin (such as pride) or our old sin will rear it’s ugly head at some point down the road.

Only Jesus can help us.

This is why it’s so important to realize that we are loved by HIM...so we turn to Him.  We have to continually recognize our sin and turn to Jesus, repent and ask for forgiveness.

It’s important that we spend time in His community.  It’s important that we spend time in His Word.  It's important that we spend time in prayer...that we spend time with Him.

2 Corinthians 3:18 - And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

When we turn to him and confess (with unveiled faces) His character starts to become our character and we are transformed from the inside out.

Lord, I pray today that we would all learn to run to You when we sin and not away from You.  I pray that we would approach You with unveiled faces, open and honest knowing that nothing is hidden from your sight.  I pray that as we press into You through the Word, prayer and community that we will be transformed more and more into Your likeness.  Amen!