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OF CONVICTION 

“He never takes his eyes off the innocent, but he sets them on thrones with kings and exalts them forever. If they are bound in chains and caught up in a web of trouble, he shows them the reason. He shows them their sins of pride. He gets their attention and commands that they turn from evil.” Job 36:7-10 NLT

Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 7:10 that godly sorrow leads to repentance and life, while worldly sorrow brings only guilt and death.

This distinction is crucial for us to understand, for the sorrow we experience in the face of our sin can either draw us nearer to God or push us further away. Beloved, as children of God, we are called to live lives of continual repentance until the day we meet Christ. While sin no longer has dominion over us because we’ve been set free through Christ, we must remain humble, recognizing that we still fall short in many areas. There is no room for complacency or intermittency in our hearts.

Repentance should be an ongoing practice, not a one-time event. Job’s story teaches us something powerful about God’s mercy. In his suffering, he sees that God shows us our errors not to condemn us, but to lead us to repentance. This is God’s mercy at work—He exposes our shortcomings so that we can turn to Him and be healed, restored, and made whole again. When God convicts us, we should not be offended or discouraged.

Instead, we must see it as an opportunity to learn from the Father of all righteousness. His correction is always for our good and for His glory.

Prayer: Father, I thank you for this wisdom. Teach me how to embrace conviction as a gift from the Holy Spirit, recognizing that it is through repentance that I grow closer to you. Each moment of correction is an invitation to experience your healing and grace more deeply. Help me not to resist or shrink back when you reveal my errors, in Jesus name. Amen! 

CI.

RELATED RESOURCES

• 2 Corinthians 7:10

• Acts 2:38

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