Haggai 1:5-7 Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways! “You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages, earns wages to put into a bag with holes.” Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!
Pastor Herk summarizes that having lost everything, the prodigal son finally reaches bottom and heads home, ready and willing to confess his sins and apologize. That tells a lot about his character. When he hit rock-bottom, what really mattered became really clear to him. His father’s house called him home. I wonder if any of us needs to confess some sin against God or man, and return to the Father? The Apostle Peter was at times lost, impetuous, and outspoken, yet the Lord Jesus never gave up on him. All-seeing God knows the end from the beginning. He knows our past, how we are in our present, and what we are going to be like in our future. The Lord knew who Peter would become (the Rock – a leader in the faith). The Apostle Peter was faithful to Jesus Christ until the day that he died because the given Holy Spirit got a hold on him.
2 Corinthians 13:5 “Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? — unless indeed you are disqualified.”
How about you? Does the indwelling Holy Spirit have a hold on you? When we truly confess that we are sinners and sincerely ask for forgiveness, then God’s grace comes into play in our lives; He forgives us and He welcomes us into His kingdom with the free gift of eternal salvation. What can be confessed, repented of and healed today for you?
Romans 10:9 “If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
If you have never received Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and Lord, it is a simple thing; just a matter of confessing, repenting, believing and receiving. Father God sent His Son Jesus Christ to live the life that we couldn’t yet were meant to live, to die a death that we were meant to die for our sins, and resurrected that Easter Sunday, defeating sin and death, so that we could be raised with Him to glory with Him in the Kingdom of Heaven. God extends grace and is quick to forgive the sins of a repentant sinner. Repent is defined as: To change the mind in consequence of the inconvenience or injury done by past conduct. In theology, to sorrow or be pained for sin, as a violation of God's holy law, a dishonor to his character and government, and the foulest ingratitude to a Being of infinite benevolence. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, so why don’t more people confess, repent and turn to God for forgiveness through Jesus Christ?
Revelation 3:5 “He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.”
Forgive us Lord. You are the Way, the Truth and the Life. Turn our life around.
In Christ, Brian
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