June 4
"The spirit of a man is the lamp of the
Lord,
searching all the inner depths
of his heart.”
Proverbs 20:27
The
function of a lamp is to give light. The Lord sees all the areas of
the heart and knows a person more intimately than the person knows
himself. When the Spirit of God shines on a dark place within a
believer, the hidden things become exposed. The purpose of it is not
to condemn the person, but to bring him to repentance and healing.
Ah, the
incomparable joy of repentance. That which was hidden, that which
weighed the man down in bitterness or fear or hopeless guilt, when it
is exposed and the person surrenders that part of himself to the
Lord, the tremendous process of healing begins.
If you are
stunned when the lamp of the Lord exposes something terrible inside
you, something you’ve wanted to keep hidden, or maybe even
something you didn’t know was there, do not fear the repentance
process. The point of it is to heal you and set you free from the
burden that has held you captive for so long. The fruit of that
process is a kind of peace you’ve never experienced before. Don’t
fear it, don’t resist it, it’s meant for your good.
Be
quick to acknowledge and confess sin. When you bring something dark
and confess it before the Lord, you will find him full of mercy and
forgiveness, just waiting for you to acknowledge it before him. There
is no condemnation in confession. When a believer acknowledges and
confesses sin he will be met with forgiveness and mercy.
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