There's More Than Forgiveness

Living your best life ain't easy. If it was, everyone'd be doing it. As it is, most aren't. Sure, sometimes we decide to ditch this bad habit or start that good habit, but eventually it all gets too hard, so we slip back into what we know. We've all been there. Good intent is hard enough to trigger a change of habit, but nigh on impossible to sustain. There are many more people in this world who've at least flirted with the idea of giving this whole Christianity thing a go. But it's tough going. So most settle for a distant, "Yeah, sure I believe in God," – that in no way changes their lives; in no way gets them any closer to the best life that they'd hoped they'd be living by now. Time for a wakeup call: Acts 3:19 Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. (NRSV) Sure, we want that refreshing that comes from being close to God. Boy, do we want it! But what we're weak-kneed and lily-livered about is the turning away from what we know is wrong; the turning back to God that's needed to get there. We're prepared to repent enough to be forgiven, but are we prepared to repent enough to be changed, to walk away from the sin we've been clinging to, to lay hold of the refreshing that we so long for, to live our best life for the glory of God? Well, are you? Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. That's His Word. Fresh … for you … today.