Run To The One Who Loves Us
I find myself thinking about my four year old daughter and how she reacts when she gets caught doing something she is not supposed to be doing. It's usually very cute but of course you can't tell her that. She get this look of "Oh No ... " on her face ... then there is a pause to think ... then she pretends to either be doing something else or that what she's doing is no big deal ... but when she gets to the point that she knows she's in trouble and not going to get out of it ... she then walks over to me with her head down and lip quivering. I pick her up and she puts her face into my neck/shoulder region and just starts howling.
Funny when you think about it. She has just gotten caught. She's scared that she is going to be in trouble. First thought is to pretend it's no big deal ... and then when that doesn't work, instead of running for her life, she actual goes to the one who is about to punish her to find comfort!
Do we do the same thing when it comes to our relationship with God, or with his son Jesus. How often do we find ourselves doing something that we know to be wrong, and after we have done it our guilt factor starts kicking in. It's at this point we know that God has walked into the room, ready to punish us. Now it's decision time. Do we turn to God, to Jesus, and confess our sin and ask for forgiveness we know we don't deserve ... or ... do we pretend our sin is no big deal and move on. Do we find ourselves placing a level or degree on our sin ... justifying it by saying to ourselves .... "Well it's not like I did This or That"... Whatever way you look at it ... Sin is Sin. We can't pick and choose which parts of our sin is big enough to ask for forgiveness and which ones really aren't that big a deal.
We are human and we are going to sin. But can you imagine how much better life would be if we truly started acting like children of God. The Bible clearly points out what is right and wrong in the eyes of God our Father. If we worked harder at listening and studying the word of God, wouldn't our lives be that much better? Wouldn't we have much more clarity in regards to our actions or habits? In regards to which ones are right and which are wrong. Imagine if our relationship with God was strong enough that when we do have our weak moments in life, we are strong enough to lower our heads, turn to God, with our lower lip quivering and ask Jesus to forgive us. Imagine if we could get ourselves to the point that we are continually trying to remove all the sin from our lives ... that the next time we are faced with an opportunity to put someone down, we don't, instead we build them up. The next time we find ourselves wanting another drink when we have already had enough, we don't take that drink. The next time we're at the store and the clerk gives us back to much change by accident, we go back and return the difference rather then putting it in our pocket. This is where it starts. If we make the right decisions on the little things, it's only going to help us make the right decisions on the big things.
Well ... just a thought!
Funny when you think about it. She has just gotten caught. She's scared that she is going to be in trouble. First thought is to pretend it's no big deal ... and then when that doesn't work, instead of running for her life, she actual goes to the one who is about to punish her to find comfort!
Do we do the same thing when it comes to our relationship with God, or with his son Jesus. How often do we find ourselves doing something that we know to be wrong, and after we have done it our guilt factor starts kicking in. It's at this point we know that God has walked into the room, ready to punish us. Now it's decision time. Do we turn to God, to Jesus, and confess our sin and ask for forgiveness we know we don't deserve ... or ... do we pretend our sin is no big deal and move on. Do we find ourselves placing a level or degree on our sin ... justifying it by saying to ourselves .... "Well it's not like I did This or That"... Whatever way you look at it ... Sin is Sin. We can't pick and choose which parts of our sin is big enough to ask for forgiveness and which ones really aren't that big a deal.
We are human and we are going to sin. But can you imagine how much better life would be if we truly started acting like children of God. The Bible clearly points out what is right and wrong in the eyes of God our Father. If we worked harder at listening and studying the word of God, wouldn't our lives be that much better? Wouldn't we have much more clarity in regards to our actions or habits? In regards to which ones are right and which are wrong. Imagine if our relationship with God was strong enough that when we do have our weak moments in life, we are strong enough to lower our heads, turn to God, with our lower lip quivering and ask Jesus to forgive us. Imagine if we could get ourselves to the point that we are continually trying to remove all the sin from our lives ... that the next time we are faced with an opportunity to put someone down, we don't, instead we build them up. The next time we find ourselves wanting another drink when we have already had enough, we don't take that drink. The next time we're at the store and the clerk gives us back to much change by accident, we go back and return the difference rather then putting it in our pocket. This is where it starts. If we make the right decisions on the little things, it's only going to help us make the right decisions on the big things.
Well ... just a thought!
posted by Harley McCarville at 9:33 pm
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