“Therefore judge nothing before the time,
until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light
the hidden things of darkness
and reveal the counsels of the hearts.”
1st Corinthians 4:5

When the Lord comes there will be nothing that is not brought to light. Those things done in darkness, behind the scenes, clandestinely, bribes and threats and deals, lies, gossip, hatred, sexual sins, and pride of heart …ALL will be brought to the light. What lies in the “counsels of the hearts” will be revealed. Is there any hope for such as I?

There IS hope. The God who made us knows how to change us.

“CREATE IN ME a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.”
Psalm 51:10

Every one of us, is born in a fallen, sinful state. “None is good, NO NOT ONE” (Romans 3:10). Wisdom is to acknowledge one’s fallen state and turn to God for the solution. If you remain as you are, you will die in your sins. But God offers to all the opportunity to be saved and cleansed and healed and made whole. Turn to him today, and ASK.

Pray with me:

Lord Jesus, I acknowledge the truth about myself and confess to you my pride and the sins which serve my pride. I am a sinner, Lord, and there’s no way I can escape that. I turn to you and plead for the forgiveness of my sins, because your Word says that you bore the judgment on my sins in your own body as you hung on that Cross. Lord, I ask you to deliver me from myself. “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit with me.” You are my only hope. But you are the only hope I need.

“Be of sin the double cure,
save from wrath and make me pure.”