Today is Wednesday, March 13, 2019, and here is your daily devote. Like the Israelites, the first thing we do when we repent of sin is to confess that we have sinned against God. We go to God and confess all our sin. We don't need to try to hide anything from Him.
We can't anyway. He already knows what we have done. Instead, we lay bare before Him, what we have done, and why we have done it. Our sin is not merely about our conduct, but about our damaged hearts behind that conduct as well.
The problem is that for many of us, when we see that we've sinned, we try to cover it up and hope it goes unnoticed by others and by God. Or worse, we try to fix it ourselves. Sometimes we will offer a half-hearted apology to God and walk away unchanged, but true repentance begins by agreeing with God that we've sinned, and that it is serious. We have to own our sin to take responsibility for it, while simultaneously resting secure in God's grace, knowing that all our sin has been forgiven in Christ.
Think about this. What lesson can we learn from the Israelites' response when they recognize their sin? Where are some current sins in our own lives we need to repent from? Thank you for listening to the Daily Devote.
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