I have this idea that if we really understood how insidious sin is, we might just understand the lengths God went to in order to bring us forgiveness – the torture and death of His Son – and the lengths He will go to in order to free us of its grip now.
Is He willing to allow us to suffer so selfishness can be crushed out of us? I can’t know for sure, but I suspect it’s true. I compare it to the chemo being applied to destroy cancer – chemo is awful, but compared to certain death…
Neil writes about the hooks that get put into us when we willingly give in to temptation; we all know from experience that whatever we chose to do, we have less of a choice the next time around.
My prayer for today is that God would show me His view of sin; that it would break my heart as much as it does His; that I would be committed anew to living His way.
No comments:
Post a Comment