DEVOTION ~ THE EPISTLE OF REPENTANCE

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Theme: The Epistle of Repentance

Text: 2 Corinthians 7:8&9

8 For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it. For I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though only for a while. 9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. 


The Apostle Paul is pleased his epistle to the Corinthians has led to godly repentance. As children of God, whenever we are rebuked or reprimanded, we ought to reflect on what we have done wrong and seek God's forgiveness. The emotional display of crocodile tears is not what is required of us that is why the Apostle Paul stated that he did not rejoice because his letter made them sorrowful but rather that it led to a change of heart and to win them to God. Dear beloved in the Lord, how do you receive the message of God? Are you ever selective (you try to avoid sensitive messages that expose your guilt but enjoy prosperity messages) of the kind of message you listen to? The message of repentance is a wake-up call to return to the Lord and live purified lives under the influence of the Holy Spirit and not the dictates of the flesh. May the Lord stir in us the spirit of penitence whenever we go contrary to His will.     



PRAYER: Dear God, Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Help me to embrace every message You have for me and where I ought to repent, stir in me the spirit of penitence. Help me Lord for this is what I ask in the Name of Christ Jesus. AMEN!

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