Reverence and Awe

Today's devotion is a very practical one that we all need to review and live by. I know in my own life, I don't always look at the small sins, as much as I do the big ones. The big ones seem to be easier to see and shy away from, but it is the little sins that nip at us every second, and we may just look them over as if they are not important. Spurgeon writes, "we shall shun it—shun it in everything—not in great things only, but in little things, as men shun little vipers as well as great snakes."

"Godly sorrow worketh repentance." — 2 Corinthians 7:10

It is important to know that no repentance is sustainable without the working of the Holy Spirit. We can not do this by our own power. Have you ever tried to fight some sort of sin on your own? The result for me is always failure. When we fix our eyes upon our Savior who died for all of our sins, it should bring us to a point of great reverence and love for Him for what he has done. His love for us should cause us to not want to disappoint Him and to fall more in love with Him, thus causing us to run from our sins.

I am deeply comforted by knowing what Spurgeon writes that, "Sincere repentance is continual. Believers repent until their dying day." We see this as believers, and find comfort that though we are not perfect, God is. We all fall short of the glory of God, but He sent His son for us, to die for all of our sins and transgressions, past, present and future. My prayer for all of us today is that we continually come to the throne of God to ask for forgiveness and for the strength to overcome our perils. Have a blessed day. Amen.

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