Repenting, Public and Private

Should it ever happen that on some day you do something that the Holy Spirit convicts you of as sin, you should repent of it with depth of heart and permanent change. “Repent” means a responsive change of mind: you thought a certain way or believed a certain thing, then something happened, and now you think a different way or believe a different thing.

Should it ever happen that on some day you do something that the Holy Spirit convicts you of as sin, and another human was a witness to it, the interaction that you have with it is likely to be a bit scarier and the repentance intensity before the Holy Spirit is likely to be greater. Your response should always be the same, though. I should never take it more lightly that only the Holy Spirit knows about my slip or failure.

The smallest thing that we have cost Jesus pain of death over should be very important. Psalm 51 shouldn’t be reserved just for the big stuff. Once we have repented, we should move on, but it is always important to change our minds from proneness to failure and sin. Do better. In public and in private. Be awesome all the time!