Are you going through a storm? Does it feel like the wind is blowing so loudly that The LORD can't hear your cries? I have been there! Do you pray and pray but your situation never seems to change! In fact, it worsens and you see no relief in sight? I so remember those days!
No one had told me that the storm had one purpose; to turn me to God! I would cry out for relief, but did not repent! It wasn't until I couldn't take anymore that I surrendered! In brokenness, I repented of my sins and THEN He heard my cries and the sun came out and the storm was gone!
"But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear." (Isaiah 59:2 NKJV)
When was the last time you heard a sermon on repentance! When was the last time you were called on your sin? Have you ever asked God to reveal the sin in your life that separates you from Him?
Do you know what sin is?
I knew, I wasn't supposed to steal, or kill, or lie (much)! Breaking the law, like speeding, well everyone does that, so that's not really sin; right? I was a good person; I thought! I even did "Random Acts of Kindness", "Paid It Forward" at Starbucks and went to church and sang in the choir! I was "doing" everything my church said I should do - and I was proud of it!
Yet! I was sick! I was depressed! I had no joy! I had no peace! Didn't know what they were! I had everything one could ask for, but was miserable! There was something missing, that a pill just could not fix! And everywhere I looked, everyone I saw was there too!
When I found out that unforgiveness was sin, and that It was separating me from The LORD; when I read: "“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." (Matthew 6:14, 15 NKJV) and realized that my very Salvation hinged on my obedience of forgiving those who had hurt me, and then acted on that fact, my life turned totally around!!! I chose to forgive and repented for the unforgiveness I had held onto and released those who had hurt me! I repented of judging them and I confessed my sin to a trusted friend! I chose to obey The Word Of God, and it felt like someone had removed the weight of the world from my shoulders! Not only was I no longer depressed but I no longer had pain! God forgave me and healed me! I had joy and peace for the first time in my life!
"Behold, the Lord ’s hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear." (Isaiah 59:1, 2 NKJV)
Repent and confess your sins and be saved; especially if you are in church!
Time is running out!
Even so - MARANATHA!
From 3/20/14, 12/29/14
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