Endurance, Pt.5

You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy—their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols. (1Pe 4:3 NLT)

I always find it puzzling when someone who calls him or herself a believer but never actually admits to any kind of life-change or confession of sin.  Seriously, if we can’t confess, then we can’t be saved.  If you are the same person now that you were before you accepted Jesus Christ as your Forgiver and Leader then something is “off”.  When Jesus steps into your life, He changes you. PERIOD.  This doesn’t always looks RADICAL, but it should REVEAL the supernatural work that only Jesus Christ can perform!

The power of the cross comes through confession.  The power of heaven comes through our weakness.  When we admit that we are weak, then Jesus can be our strength.  When we stop pretending to have it all together, then Jesus can step in and put it all together.  God deserves the glory for this work, and really only God can change our insides anyway.

As a pastor, I am done trying to be perfect.  I am done trying to have all the answers, and I am done pretending that I don’t have any insecurities, faults, and struggles.  To admit that is to accept freedom and the opportunity for real life change.

To admit defeat is to discover freedom (confession is the road to healing)!