تأملات فى آيــة اليوم...
عندما أدرك شعب الله حجم خطيتهم وعقاب الله الوشيك، تابوا وطلبوا مساعدته. لم يحاولوا ان يقللوا من كبر حجم خطيتهم. لكنهم القوا بأنفسهم بين يدي الله برحمته ونعمته. لكننا للأسف هذْه الايام، عادة ما نخبئ ونتجنب ونبرر وننكر خطورة خطيتنا.و لا نريد ان نعترف بها بل نفضل ان نهرب منها قائلين لانفسنا ان "الأمر ليس بهذا السوء فهناك الكثير من الاشخاص الذْين يقومون بأشياء اسوأ بكثير مما فعلنا." يجب ألا ننظر للاعتراف بخطايانا كإذلال او ضعف. الاعتراف بخطيتنا وطلب الغفران والتطهير والقوة من الله يفتح له الباب ليستخدمنا بقوة اذا طلبنا معونته لانقاذْنا و خلاصنا!
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
When God's people realized the depth of their sin and their impending punishment by God, they repented and asked for his help. They didn't try to diminish the gravity of their sin. Instead, they threw themselves on the mercy of the Lord and his graciousness. Unfortunately, today, we often hide, avoid, rationalize, deny, blame, or skirt the seriousness of our sins. We don't like to admit them, much less confess them, and we sure don't seem to turn away from them. "It's not really all that bad. I know a lot of folks who do a lot worse things than I did," people often rationalize. As Jesus' followers, we must not view confession of sin as humiliation or weakness. Acknowledging our sins and asking for God's forgiveness, cleansing, and power open the door for him to use us mightily if we will look to him for our rescue and let him not only forgive us, but forgive us of all of our unrighteousness (1 John 1:8-9).
صلاتي
سامحنى يا أبي على خطيتي. من فضلك استئصلها من حياتي بقوةة روحك المطهرة و المغيرة بينما اقدم نفسي يومياً كذْبيحة حية لك. في اسم يسوع اصلى. آمين.
My Prayer...
Forgive me, Heavenly Father, for my sins. Please eradicate them from my life with the help of your transforming and purifying Spirit as I offer myself daily as a holy and living sacrifice to you. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
