6I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”
God is sovereign. Do we really get that? I am not so certain. As individuals and as churches we constantly devise new and creative ways to try and manipulate God. How about the idea that God, “showed up and showed off?” What? Could we say anything more degrading to our Lord and savior? Or when we sing, “Holy Spirit You are welcome here.” Seriously? Do YOU have the power to keep Him out? Are you implying that there are times that He is NOT welcome? We make rules that believers must follow and hoops through which members must jump and ways that “real” followers should pray-not to mention amounts that the truly devoted should give… Is there ever a time that we as believers and as a church say, “I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance?” Is there never a time when we stop listening to Satan and truly invest ourselves in the Word of GOD which tells us to, “Abide with me and I will abide with you?” Can we EVER just STOP getting in the way of The Way? Why is Jesus never enough? Why must it always be, “Jesus + whatever I think makes Jesus better?”