I’m tired. I need to be renewed.  My strength is waning.  The world is making me faint.  I feel I can’t take another step. Then I realize that I can’t take a single step forward until I acknowledge that I am a sinner.  I could stand in judgment of all the ugliness occurring in the world today, but I’m just as guilty for the state that it’s in as anyone else.

We’ve all sinned.  We’ve fallen short of God’s expectations.  We shouldn’t be surprised by the events of the last week.  We shouldn’t sit back and say the world as we know it is doomed to the same destruction that befell Sodom and Gomorrah.  As with every generation from the beginning, we have all been marked with the darkness of sin.  It’s part of our DNA.

Sin is sin, no matter how great or small.  If it weren’t for the grace of God, each inhabitant of this earth would be facing an eternity in hell.  There is not one thing we can do to change that.  God is the only one who changes hearts.  He alone is the master of our life and eternity.

When Jesus said, “Let those without sin, cast the first stone,” He was referring to all of us.  I have to repent every day for the wrongs I’ve committed.  I can’t begin to itemize them, because I sin without even realizing it.  God promised a way out for sinners.  That way – the only way to be clean in God’s sight – purified of every dark blot – is Jesus, Christ.  Once forgiven, it’s our obligation to invite others to this knowledge.

We can’t hide in the walls of our churches or the safety of our own homes.  We need to be warriors for Christ.  It’s time to bring the Gospel to a sin driven world and restore what belongs to God.

Dear, God, heal our nation!