I read a quote today from John Piper, it said "Sin is what we do when our heart is not satisfied with God." All I could muster was WOW!! OH My... I still don't know how to react. I don't want my heart not to be satisfied with the LORD. I want very much to be completely satisfied with all things holy. I want the Spirit to reign in me at all times, in all circumstances and completely.
I, in my humanness, rank sin. This sin is worse than that sin. I least I didn't do that sin! But I am continually reminded in scripture that God ranks all sin the same. We, who are in Christ, live in grace. We have to allow the Spirit to lead, guide, and direct us throughout our days, and sometimes moment by moment.
In the above quote, I think that I am most taken back by the word do. Do is not something that just happens, it is a conscience decisions to say yes to something. I think that is what scared me the most or made the most inpact on me this morning when I read it the first time and the second and the times since. I don't think that I really liked the thought that I am making a conscience yes when I am choosing to sin. I don't know why I want to justify my sin. But that is in fact what I am doing in whatever circumstance that I am in when I chose to say yes. There is no way to take the quote above and make it something sweet and good but God is good and he will forgive me my sins as long as I confess then before Him. He loves me and calls me His favorite. I just have to let the Spirit reign in me at all times and abide in His Word. Then and only then can I live holy and my heart satisfied with God so that I don't do sin.
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