Search me O God (Day 15)

I've had a sense of "blockage" between God and me. It's not that I haven't felt His presence or that I stopped desiring Him, but it's a subtle feeling deep inside which led me to think there must be something wrong.

This morning I woke up with a desire or "quest" to find out and deal with it. God revealed to me it's a sin that I've just recently picked up. To most people's eyes, what I've been doing is acceptable, and even I dare to say 90% of Christians would have no problem with it given they've got the technology and convenience to do so. Yet I feel deep inside it's wrong and it's a sin bringing shame to God. Therefore I confess and repent of it, and do whatever is necessary to evidence my repentance.

The word of God came to me via Rom 5:6-11. In particular, I'm now convicted that the real joy can be found in God through Christ which definitely will surpass the pleasures of sin.

Have you realized something that is blocking and interfering your relationship with God? What is it? What have you been struggling with lately? Isn't it time to bring it open and deal with it?

從野草學個比方 - 關於罪的影響

I learned from the weeds this morning about the impact of sins.

The smaller (younger) they are, the nicer they look, the less urgent we want to take "them" away.

The bigger they are, the uglier they look, the more urgent for us to take "them" away, but it's very very hard now, because they're so rooted into the soil.

This is very much like sins. When they first appear (out of our desires for relationship, urges for success or whatever), they don't look that bad. As they grow bigger, then we would find ourselves caught up in horrible situations where uprooting them is hard and painful. But if we continue to let them stay, it's impacting the whole field (our life, family ...) negatively.

What should we do? Confess your sins and repent of them as soon as they become obvious and known. Do not let them take root or ...