June 23 Devotional: Puritan prayer
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Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets! - Numbers 11:29 (R. V.)
True repentance begins with a knowledge of sin. The eyes of the repentant person are opened. They see with dismay and confusion the length and breadth of God's holy law, and the extent, the enormous extent, of their own transgressions. They discover, to their surprise, that in thinking themselves a "good sort of person," and a person with a "good heart," they have been under a huge delusion. They find out that, in reality, they are wicked, and guilty, and corrupt, and evil in God's sight. Their pride breaks down. Their high thoughts melt away. They see that they are a great sinner. This is the first step in true repentance.
~ J.C. Ryle
Old Paths, "Repentance", [Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1999], 406.
Do I trust in God--do I know God? Is that why I don't overflow with all joy and peace, because I am too busy keeping to myself and apart from Him?