It's Who You Are

Chapter 11
It's Who You Are

How many times have we said or did something hurtful we regret? Our usual response is I didn't mean it, or can I take that back! We think it is an easy way out, that the person hurt will just suddenly understand and get over it, but that rarely occurs. Truth is, out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Our hearts are terribly wicked and if it wasn't for the mercy of God through the transforming power of His word we would be doomed, hurting one person after the other.

As It says in Luke 6:45, It's who you are, not what you say and do, that counts. For what we say and do comes from who we are. It is easy to say sorry, hoping that word magically resolves the issue.

Many times I have said sorry to my wife yet didn't change my ways and therefore the problem remained. I have seemed to repent of my sins, tears and all, yet no change follows. The thing is we don't really mean what we say unless our actions follow. What is spoken from the heart will be acted out. True Repentance is a turn away from what was confessed, which sadly for most takes complete humiliation before we really mean what we say.

We cannot change by our own power or might but by the Spirit. The Spirit works with the Word. As the Word brings conviction to our worldliness and true repentance follows the Word now get's received into our heart and transforms who we now are.

Repentance isn't true unless we let go of something, and what seems to be loss will turn to great gain, but if we reject truth for what we think we can not relinquish, all will be lost to everlasting regret and torment.