A Call for Repentance - Day 2: Lord forgive us for having a divided heart.

“Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name. I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever.”

‭‭Psalm‬ ‭86‬:‭11‬-‭12‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Today we repent for any way in which we are looking away from the Lord Jesus Christ at other things. We repent for anything that has co-opted our affection or attention in such a way as to detract or distract from our focus on our precious Lord!

 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne. Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people; then you won’t become weary and give up.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭NLT‬‬

We may consider the great forerunners of our faith, supposing that we could never live our lives for the Lord as they did. But the fact is, they all did what they did by keeping their eyes on the Lord through faith.

“And remember, when you are being tempted, do not say, “God is tempting me.” God is never tempted to do wrong, and he never tempts anyone else. Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.”

‭‭James‬ ‭1‬:‭13‬-‭15‬ ‭NLT‬‬

James rightly warns against letting fleshly desires cause us to look away from the Lord, therefore straying and falling into temptation.

Make no mistake. Great exploits will never be done by those who allow earthly desires to steer their focus off of the Lord.

David well knew what can happen when one loses focus on the Lord. In our opening scripture we see his beautiful prayer in which he is asking the Lord to unite his heart so that all of his focus would be on Him.

Child of God, let David’s prayer be your own!

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!

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