Today is going to be a huge "ramble." Some of you will not like this very much. I don't like it, but what I am about to say is the truth. Many of us (Big D included) don't want sin out of our lives. I want to have a life where my sin is comfortable. Don't get me wrong, I want God. I want God to transform my life to make it look like Him, but I still want my sin.
Look at it this way. Sin is kind of like a new pair of jeans that you bought at your favorite clothing establishment without trying them on. You get them home and try them on and they are too tight. They are not extremely too tight, but they are tight enough to make you uncomfortable when you wear them. If you are like me at all, you don't like to take things back to the store and exchange them. I'll just put up with the discomfort.
Sin is just like this. We want the comfort of a new pair of jeans that fit just right, but we want it in the new pair of jeans that are too tight. What we should do is take the pair of jeans back to the store and get rid of them. We need to turn them in for a pair that fit perfectly. Do you see the comparison?
We must (daily) exchange our sin for the righteousness of God. We must get rid of the things in our lives that don't fit right. We must not get to the point in our lives where we are okay with wearing things (sin) that are too tight. If this happens, are relationship with God suffers, are relationship with others suffer, and we will suffer. Sometimes it might seem like a hassle to take the clothing back to the store, but in the end there is nothing like a pair of jeans that fit perfectly. At this point I am prepared to make you (and myself) a promise: if you try on the righteousness of God, it will fit. This is the way that God designed it. I must end this post now. I have some jeans in my closet that need to be returned for ones that fit perfectly. Happy repenting.
Blessings!
