REPENTANCE

The secret of the Christian life is learning to repent. To start again with Jesus and go where you are sent. It isn’t very difficult if you decide to move. Other than the problem of jumping from the groove. But what is really wanted? It isn’t just regret. For that is being sorry for your going into debt. You’ve done a thing that’s nasty and hurt yourself real bad. And that is what’s regretted; because it’s made you sad. It’s also not remorseful for that does not apply, Except to other people and makes you wonder why, You’ve hurt another person, and that reflects on you. And you are just remorseful for all that you did do. And then there is repentance. This is the thing we need. It’s what we’ve done to Jesus by that very nasty deed. We know that we have hurt Him and we have made Him sore, Instead of bringing glory to the One Whom we adore. Repentance is the hardest thing that we can ever do. It represent a turnaround from what been hurting you. It’s going to the Master in sorrow and in pain, Vowing we will never do that silly thing again. It’s going to the Master with nothing in your hands, Trusting that the Saviour will truly understand, That what we have been doing is over dead and gone, So that we can start over and with the Lord be one. What will be God’s attitude whenever we repent? Will He send us packing or will He then relent? Will He take us back again and set us on our feet, Or will He still be angry with our arrogant deceit? We cannot guarantee it, but this one thing is true. God requires repentance in me as well as you. His mercy is still infinite. You won’t be turned away. He’ll take you in His arms again the way He did that day, When first we were committed to Him as Lord and King. If we have repented He’ll do the very thing, That we know is essential to all our future days. Exactly as it tells us in every Bible phrase. He’ll surely want to change you from perishable junk, Into the sort of Christian that no one can debunk. This is the way He wants us all to be with Him each day. There is no other method, alternative or way. Jim Strickland – written Monday, 11 July 2011