Interesting read this week as I scan back over past devotions in my prayer journal. I came a across a scripture that really spoke so much truth. It’s a funny thing to…we seldom want to lay claim to this one. Rather, we conjure up all kinds of nonsense instead to justify our behavior. It’s just what we do and further enlightens us to the truth of this scripture…

No need for delay (this isn’t an easy subject)…

Mark 7:20-23

“He went on:  What comes out of a man is what makes him unclean. For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from the inside and make a man unclean.”

The sad truth in all of this is the philosophy and theology that we have created because of our refusal to believe we are evil in nature. We all want to believe that in our deepest core we are not sinful in nature. However, the Bible has never been clearer about the subject. Our struggles are real and they are our own. We cannot push them on the celestial and remain disillusioned. We must conquer them by the only means by which it is possible…the cross.

The sooner we take responsibility…the sooner we will find help…and healing. Repentance is not requested…it is required. Humility is not weakness…it is strength. Forgiveness is not pity…it is life changing love. You will find all of it and so much more…at the cross.