B A L A N C E D
Be open to the Holy Spirit
Acknowledge that you’re a sinner
Lament for your sins
Allow God to work in your life
Nourish yourself with God’s Word
Commune with God
Exercise faith in God
Draw strength from God
Keeping our lives balanced can be a challenge whether it is physically or spiritually. And the next part in our series for a balanced life is no exception.
Acknowledge that you’re a sinner
It can be difficult to truly acknowledge we are a sinner. We might be able to say it but to really understand what it means is a totally different story. So the question would be, what does it mean to acknowledge that we are a sinner? And how can we know that we are a sinner?
Start with…
The first way to know whether or not we are a sinner is to start by looking at other people, right? Wrong!!! But isn’t that what we do a lot of times? We look at ourselves as better than those people so we must not be that bad. So we don’t see ourselves as we truly are. But we are not any better than the next person. We can look at the most horrific sin out there and think how horrible but that could be us because we have all been born with sinful flesh. We are no better than anyone else. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” Romans 3:23.
Now you might be saying but I haven’t murdered anyone or committed adultery. That may be true but in God’s eyes, sin is sin. Sin separates us from God. And remember to hate someone in God’s eyes is classified as murder and what you think in your heart can be adultery. “…Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart” Matthew 5:28. It is about what is in our hearts and minds.
Begin by…
Where we need to begin is at the cross. We need to keep our eyes focused on Jesus and what He has done for us. The more we focus on Him we see ourselves as we truly are and that is what brings us to the point of acknowledging that we are a sinner. We cannot realize our need until we come to the point of seeing ourselves as we truly are. Jesus said, “…For without Me ye can do nothing” John 15:5. We can’t even see our wretchedness or our worth without coming to the cross.
When we focus on others we look at ourselves as “rich, and increased with goods, and having need of nothing;” and we don’t recognize the fact that we are “wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked” Revelation 3:17. But when we behold Christ we see our need. And as we behold Him we can recognize our sinfulness and our need for a Savior. And that all of our righteousness is as filthy rags but His righteousness is complete. We need to ask Jesus to come into our lives and let His righteousness live out in our lives.
Dear Father,
We need You to even realize our sinfulness. But I am so grateful to You that as we come to the cross and realize how sinful we are, the cross also shows us how much we are worth. Thank You for the love and worth that You have shown to us.
In Jesus Name,
Amen
Come to the cross today and every day for the rest of your life! Jesus loves you with unfailing love and is waiting for You.
Love you all!
If you are someone that already comes to the cross each day what blessing has it been for you?
If you have not yet read part 1 in this series check it out here: Spiritually B A L A N C E D Part 1 of 8