Of Whom I Am the WorstSample

Repent

Many times we are like a child who goes to play in the yard with white clothes. He knows he's going to get dirty because his mom warned him, but he goes out to have fun anyway.

He acknowledges that his clothes are going to get muddy if he does what he wants, but he still continues.

Acknowledging our sin is the first step, but it's not enough. What is the point of knowing that we are guilty if we don't intend to turn away from sin?

To repent is to abandon our wrongdoings because we understand that they go against God's will. When we repent, we realize that we have been failing God and ourselves, and so we decide to act differently because our hearts are changed.

The Bible tells the story of King David, a man who sinned many times in ways that we may never have or will ever imitate. He was a bad father, a murderer, and adulterer. He was so selfish that he had his most faithful soldier killed so he could have his wife. Yet he was the only man the Bible records as being a man after God's own heart. He failed, but when he repented, he did so genuinely.

No matter how much you have sinned, or how long it took you to recognize it, today God is waiting for you to give him your heart. He's willing to forgive you and give you a new blank page to write a different story.

To repent is to turn away from—abandoning what we wanted to do, to be who God has called us to be.