The sinful battle

Zechariah 13:1 (AMP)

“In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the people of Jerusalem for [cleansing from] sin and impurity.”

There are certain songs written by children of God that will never die. Take and example of "Come, thou Fount of every blessing." This song was written in 1758 but congregations around the world still sing it today. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love—lyrics that will always resonate with the heart of the believer and the age-old battle between our sinful selves and who we are in Christ: This sinful battle is real for every Christian. Paul writes about it battle this way, “For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.” (Rom. 7:18-19)

As the hymn says, Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God. Jesus came to us while we were still sinners (Rom. 5:8), not after we had cleaned ourselves up and gotten our acts together. He came right into the middle of our wandering, and that wasn’t a one-time event. We are daily prone to wander, but scripture tells us his mercies are new every morning. (Lam. 3:22-23) His kindness continues to pursue us, in spite of us.

How your kindness yet pursues me

How your mercy never fails me

Because of this, we can tune our hearts to grace, rather than to fear or shame. In Christ, the song from our hearts sings of the kindness God has done for us, by no power of our own and by no performance or act that is worthy.

We can rest in a Father who has taken our hearts and sealed them. We are his and no matter how far we wander, his kindness pursues us still.

Here’s my heart, Lord, take and seal it

Seal it for Thy courts above

(An extract from Chris Tomlin a gospel singer)

Have a good day child of God