As we move from wisdom to humility to forgiveness, we have to begin by seeking forgiveness ourselves.
Read 1 John 1:9 and journal your thoughts
When we embrace both the lifestyle of wisdom and humility our natural reaction is to respond to God by seeking forgiveness. When we look at things through the wisdom of God and humble ourselves not only before others but before Him, then we are confronted with our own short comings. After all, we are not perfect, and in spite of the good and wonderful things we do trying to create the Kingdom of God here on earth, we still have these moments when we fall short.
The question is; what do we do in these moments? Do we blame others? Do we blame circumstance? Do we blame our nature with a sort of ho-hum attitude? Or do we own our choices, do we own our sins, and come before God with a humble heart? It is when we give up the fight for our pride (it’s not my fault) and confess our wrongs and ask for forgiveness, that God comes in and heals us.
Yes it includes you if you already consider yourself to be a follower of Jesus. Sometimes we hold on to a prayer or a commitment we made as a child, consider ourselves “good” before God. But what happens when you sin afterwards? Do we still need to ask for forgiveness? Let’s look at the question this way; if your friend runs over your pet with their car, would you want them to say their sorry? Of course you do, that’s all part of being in a relationship with someone. Same is true with God, when we sin our relationship breaks down a bit, and it is through asking for forgiveness that God once again restores our relationship.
Today meditate on the things you’ve done that has developed into a wall between you and God, and ask God to forgive you for those things.
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