How do you look upon yourself? Do you see yourself as spiritually
healthy? Are you doing alright in your
walk with the Lord? Do you think you
have all your bases covered?
Let us pause a moment and reflect about
this. Isn’t it true that none of us are
perfect? We all know our strengths and
our weaknesses. We focus on our
strengths and think we are in good shape.
Yet, when we think about our weaknesses, we realize we are not as well
as we thought we were. We hear, read and
meditate on the Word and recognize our sinfulness. We know we are guilty of not being whom we
could and should be in Christ. We do
well in some areas but not so well in others.
Be honest with yourself; it’s true isn’t it?
We
tend to skim over those things which convict us. We don’t pause and let the Spirit apply
certain portions of Scripture to our hearts because our pride doesn’t want to
admit we are guilty. We don’t like
humbling ourselves before God and confessing sin which is exposed.
Yet, the Lord says that that is
precisely why He came. He came to call
us to himself. He came so that we would
see ourselves as sinners and go to Him for repentance and help. He came so that we would let Him work in us
to make us healthier. He came to forgive
us, make us stronger, engage us in the battle for our spiritual health, and
make us fit for His kingdom.
I challenge you today to let the Spirit
of Christ reveal your sin to you and convict you of it. I challenge you to take an honest look at
your soul and admit you are not as well off as you try to convince yourself and
others that you are. I challenge you to
let the Spirit help you day by day to be the person in Christ God wants you to
be.
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