Today is Tuesday, October 8, 2019 and here is your Daily Devo.
Repentance involves turning away from sin and turning back to God with a heart full of trust. If Israel had simply tried to return to God while still holding onto her idols, her worship would have been divided. If Israel tried to turn away from idols but not trust in God, then her repentance would have been incomplete and short-lived. There is no neutrality in our hearts; we will put our trust in something. We will worship something: either God or our idols. Sometimes we find ourselves in sin and think, “I can dabble in this and still hold on to Jesus.” Or we give up a sin but instead of replacing it with worship, we simply look for another idol to fill its place. Neither of these is true repentance. Repentance will always involve turning away from pursuing idols of the heart and turning fully to Jesus, the One whom we were created for.
Think about this: The call for both Israel and us is repentance. What does it mean to repent? Are there any areas in your life where repentance is only partial? What would full repentance look like?
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