Been a while again.
I’ve started at SMBC now, hence the lack of postings. Much has happened, but you’re all probably not interested in much of it.
I’ve really been challenged recently to meditate on the Bible more, and decided I might share a few of my thoughts.
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God… For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
(2Co 7:1, 10 ESV)
These verses have struck me over the last few days. I realised that my grief has always been an intellectual assent to my own sin, understanding that God hates it, but not deeply knowing it to the point of producing grief and repentance. The same with cleansing myself from sin. I’m afraid that a lot of the time I don’t really see myself as very sinful at all.
Meditation on these verses helps change that. As a Christian, I understand that not only is the Bible God’s Word, but it is also one of the primary means by which the Holy Spirit changes the hearts and minds of His people. My prayer every day is that I can learn how desperately wicked my heart is, and in doing so learn more of how great a saviour Jesus is.
