Today’s focus is: Acts 3:19
“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.”
Why do we repent? We repent so that our sins may be blotted out.
But what is repentance? In short, repentance is a change of heart that results in a change of life.
Repentance is not a doorway we dread but a window God opens. The best picture of repentance is found in Luke 15 and the story of the Prodigal Son.
Lost in the far country of sin, he changes his heart. As soon as he headed back to his father’s house, the father ran to him and welcomed him home. With that story, Jesus was telling us that repentance always brings that response from God.
When we turn toward Him, He turns toward us with mercy in His hands and renewal in His breath. Repentance is the path where weary hearts find rest again.
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.
Suggested thought for prayer: Please God, help me to keep from soft enough to return to you when I am in the far country of sin.