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E V E R Y D A Y L I G H T
Daily readings to help you see Jesus' light in your life
by Selwyn Hughes
Why Do I Do These Things?
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive
us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." (v. 9)
-- For reading & meditation: 1 John 1:1-10
We continue meditating on the principles that enable us to recover
from the brokenness caused by the memory of some grievous sin. A
second principle is this: Understand the major reason why you tend to
brood on the past. People who brood on the past, and keep the memory
of their sin alive, do so for several reasons. Let's take them one by
one:
(1) They are not sure that God has forgiven them. If you have
this kind of doubt, it is really a denial. It is taking a verse, like
the one before us today, and flinging it back into God's face, saying
"I don't believe it." If you don't accept God's forgiveness, you will
try to make your own atonement in feelings of guilt. Once you confess
your sin, then, as far as God is concerned, that's the end of it.
Believe that - and act upon it. It's the gospel truth!
(2) They are in the grip of spiritual pride. You should be asking
yourself, at
some deep level of your mental and emotional life: How could I have
ever done a thing like that? What this really amounts to is that you
have too high an opinion of yourself. And that's about as bad as too
low an opinion of yourself.
(3) They have not forgiven themselves. It might help to stand in front
of a mirror with your Bible open at the verse at the top of this page,
reassure yourself that God has forgiven you, and say to yourself, by
name: "____________, God has forgiven you - now I forgive you, too!"
PRAYER:
Gracious Father, although I understand many things, I fail so often
to understand myself. Teach me more of what goes on deep inside me,
so that, being more self-aware, I may become more God-aware. For Your
own dear Name's sake. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Ps. 51:1-19; Eph. 4:32; Col. 3:13; Mark 12:33
1. Why can we forgive ourselves?
2. Forgive yourself today.
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