Unfailing Love

I wish I would live with you in view--eyes to your glory,ears for your wisdom,heart for your grace.But I live with me in view--eyes to my kingdom,ears for my opinion,heart captured by my will.I know that I was made for you.I know that hope,meaning,purpose,identity, and my agenda for every dayis to be found in you.But I want my own kingdom.I love my own glory.I define my own meaning.I delight in my control.There’s a war that never ends;the battleground is my heart.It's a moral skirmishbetween what you have ordained and what I want.So I don't delight in your law.But my heart doesn’t rest.I know there's a better way.I know that you are God,and I am not.My sin is more thanbad behavior,bad choices,or wrong words.My sin is an actwhere i replace youwith something I love more.Every wrong thing i doreflectsa lack of love for you, and reflects a love of self. Help meto see,to acknowledge,to weep,and say, “Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight.”And then, help me to restin your mercy,in your great compassion, andin your unfailing loveeven as the war goes on.________________________________________You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. (Matthew 22:37)Contemplate how “sin is an act where I replace you.” How does this defintion expand you understanding of sin?How have you recently been living with yourself “in view” instead of living with God “in view”? Spend some time in prayer, confessing to God and resting in his unfailing love.For further study and encouragement, read Psalm 51.