A
thought by Kyle Idleman, (2015-10-01) from his book, The End of Me: Where Real Life in the Upside-Down Ways of Jesus Begins (Kindle
Locations 520-521). David C. Cook. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book
to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)
Some have
set out to remove some of the old-fashion words from some of the new
dictionaries and sin is one of those words. But as Kyle says, we can’t wipe it
away from our souls. As David said, “In
sin did my mother conceive me.” We were
born with it.
Kyle
says, “As a culture, we can try to rub out the definition of sin, but the
condition isn’t going anywhere. It cracks the whip on just as many slaves— the
entire population of the world— as it ever did. If we fail to acknowledge its
reality, there can be no mourning. And without mourning there can be no
confession. And without confession we miss the richest blessing of God’s
forgiveness and grace.”
He says, “Without
seeing the depths of sin, we’ll never understand the heights of God’s love and
grace.”
Sin is real
and it is a real choice. Kyle goes on, “Have you experienced the blessing of facing up to sin? It’s amazingly
liberating. We put so much energy into running away, hiding, and pretending
someone else did it. Or that the hole we dug wasn’t really so deep. Or that we
were somehow helping the person we hurt deeply. Meanwhile, as we run, we feel
our strength draining away... No amount of time at the gym will make up for it—
there’s a leak somewhere, and it seems to be coming from deep inside.”
He then
says, “Sooner or later we stop running, usually because we’ve run out of places
to run to. We finally let the tears come, and that’s when we find the missing
strength. The twist is that it’s not our strength at all. It’s the power of
God’s arms wrapped around us. And at the end of me, I find the richest of
blessings.”
All Jesus
wants is for us to be honest that we are a sinner and to confess our sins to him. John in the first chapter of his first letter says that “If
we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and
to cleans us from all wickedness (1 John 1:9 NLT). And that is a true blessing.
So what sin
do you need to confess to him today?
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