It really doesn't have to be this way. This cycle of rejecting God, falling into defeat, crying out for mercy, getting it, growing cold, rejecting God, ... That's the story of Judges. God is faithful and passionately committed to His people. His people conveniently call on Him when their backs are against the wall. Yet He remains faithful.
God, keep me from this sick pattern that is evident way beyond the pages of Judges.
Read it here.
God, keep me from this sick pattern that is evident way beyond the pages of Judges.
Read it here.
The tragedy of the human heart and the old man is their commitment to self and preservation of self (happiness, healthiness, etc...)
ReplyDeleteThe beauty of the regenerated heart is the gift of breaking free of self in seeking God in good and bad times and not requiring a circumstance of deprivation to inquire of God's filling.