Jesus Movement Minute: Lonely Sinners
Posted on Saturday, February 20th, 2010
My understanding of the ministry of the Holy Spirit in my life is that when I sin, He makes me miserable.
Not because God’s ticked off at me, but because He’s grieved.
Why is He grieved? Because God’s love always wants what is best for me. And sin never leads to anything good.
So it’s a gift of grace, this misery. It’s God’s tender mercies wooing me back into His love. All need to do is get honest with Him, and rely on His power to move toward what He knows is good for me.
But it’s still misery.
I can only think of one way to make the misery worse.
To try to take care of your sin by yourself.
There’s no more miserable creature on earth than a Christian with a secret life, who’s trying to fix himself or herself without God and apart from other Christians.
Tagged as Christian Community, joy, loneliness, misery+ Categorized as Jesus Movement Blog, Radical Christianity, Spiritual Formation
