I hope you are learning much about the Holy Spirit as we dig into the Word together this summer. My own spirit has been refreshed by the study and message preparation, even becoming more keenly aware that God desires to constantly teach us life lessons through the Holy Spirit. Please go to our home screen and click on Video Sermons to join us in our study titled, “Unleashed.”
I have read with great interest all of the articles regarding the continual flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico from the British Petroleum well breach. The Holy Spirit has pointed out more than once that the whole debacle is a perfect depiction of the Human condition.
Try though we may, we do not have the ability to prevent our own sin from leaking out and impacting the world around us. We can work hard to cap, to capture, to clean up the mess of our brokenness but our success if any will be short lived. Everyone will have an opinion as to what went wrong and what we should do to make amends. Accusations, blame and excuses will abound. People will take sides, make alliances , spread rumors and exaggerate. All the while the stain of our communal sin continues to spew and spread into the world.
So called experts will gather to collaborate on the perfect solution and may successfully curb or cease the flow of our sin into the lives of others, but down deep we know it will be a temporary fix. The breach will happen again.
Our only hope is a Savior. God sent his Son to do what experts, politicians, well meaning friends and religious leaders will never be able to do, permanently repair and clean up the mess created by the broken well head called out heart.
“If we confess that the well head of our lives is broken, God will forgive us and send the
Holy Spirit to repair the breach, clean up the mess and give us a fresh start.” I John 1:9
It begins with admitting your are powerless to repair the leak and clean up the mess caused by your brokenness and asking Jesus to come in and take over the job. Next, ask for forgiveness from God and those who have experienced the residue of your sin washing up on the beachhead of their own lives. Your next step is critical, get connected to a local church and get involved in a safe small group where you can receive support and be held accountable. We all need checks and balances in our lives to minimize the risk of repeating the same breach over and over again.
Are you tired of living in an environment that suffocates, even destroys the beauty of life? Are you weary of working to repair and clean up from the same break in the wellhead of your life over and over and over again? Are you ready for a new life, a new chance, a fresh start?
Please email me at rick.owen@stmattcpc.org if I can pray for you or connect you with a mentor to help you take your next step. Help is only one click away.
Peace,
Rick
