Do I want forgiveness? Do I desire purity? Do I long for righteousness? Those wants, desires, and longings indicate God's prevenient grace, working in me, urging me to confess. As I repent, I receive divine illumination: God is trustworthy. God is just. God forgives, and God perfects.
But it seems elongated for me: If I continually confess my sin, God repeatedly forgives and refines me. Having set aside the old ways, my heart, mind, voice, and hands seem very creative in finding new ways to transgress. I am invited to confess these, too.
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