Are there things you know you need to turn away from? Are there things you are doing that you need to stop? Do you need to turn your brokenness over to God? Do you know how you can do that? Have you found it difficult to do? Are you willing to give it another try?
At some point during our lives, we do things we know we shouldn’t. Perhaps there is something you are wrestling with right now. Maybe there is some form of addition that has a hold on you. Or it may be a specific behavior that you know is not pleasing to God.
God is always calling out to us to repent of anything that is displeasing to him. We can demonstrate our commitment by fasting and mourning over our addiction or behavior. We can turn to God and ask him to remove from us. But it is not easy to do. It may require us to go to him multiple times. Our heart may need to break over it to cause us to truly turn it over to God.
When we return to God, he is gracious. He sheds his grace on us. He blesses us with what we need. He also shows us mercy. He grants us forgiveness. And through his mercy, he blesses us by cleaning our hearts. He shows us his amazing love by caring for us. He wraps his arms around us and pulls us in. He will withdraw any punishment we may deserve when we turn our hearts back to him.
I pray we all turn our hearts over to God. I pray we give him the heavy load we are carrying. I pray each one of us will accept God’s grace, mercy, and love and allow him to wrap us in his arms. Turn your heart over to God. Give your cares to God. Accept God’s grace. Accept God’s mercy. Accept God’s love.
Joel 2:12-13
Yet even now, says the Lord,
return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
rend your hearts and not your clothing.
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love,
and relenting from punishment.
Marty Pressey 