Break my heart for what breaks Yours...--"Hosanna" by Hillsong
I love that line from Hosanna. It asks the same question from the message on Sunday...Are we so grieved (godly grief) by our sin and do we turn from it. Does the sin we fall into break our hearts like it breaks the heart of our loving Father? Do we feel a grief over what we've done against God, and God alone? Yes, others may have been hurt in the process. Yes, we may have backpedaled in our attempt to reach others for Christ. Yes, we feel low as low can go. That all may happen, but do we see this as being done against a sovereign, all-powerful, merciful, loving Father and do we want that relationship to be restored?
Look at what Proverbs 1:23, "If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you." Or again in Jeremiah 15:19, "Therefore thus says the Lord: 'If you repent, I will restore you, and you shall stand before me."
When we grieve over our sin because it breaks our heart, we grieve in a way that images that of God our Father. His heart is broken because He's saved us from that sin and He does not want us to be deceived by the power of sin. He cherishes you with a passion so ferocious that He was willing to die for you displaying the extent of His love. Sin leads to death, but the forgiveness of God in Christ's death covers a multitude of sins leading to life. Amen.
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