Godly Sorrow?

Wednesday's Devotion (1-12-05)

"For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death." 2 Corinthians 7:10 (KJV)

Have you ever done something bad and then felt so sad about it and you ended up repenting of the sin? I have and it's called, "Godly sorrow". Godly sorrow works repentance and through repentance we gain salvation. Godly sorrow is not a bad thing, we should be happy that we get this sorrow. Why? Not everyone gets godly sorrow and the ones that don't, do not repent of their sins. A lot of people just have hardened hearts and they don't care if they're doing right or wrong. It is Jesus Christ, in you that makes you care enough to get godly sorrow. Godly sorrow is a sign of your own salvation and standing with God! If you're not saved, then you don't care enough to get godly sorrow. It's like when you accidentally hurt someone you love, you feel so horrible about it and you ask for their forgiveness. If you didn't love that person and you were filled with carelessness then you just wouldn't care if you hurt them.

The sorrow of the world is a bad thing. Some people live horrible, sinful lives and they just aren't happy. This sorrow is caused because these people do not have Christ and also because they suffer the consequences of their actions: If you do drugs you get addicted, if you kill someone you go to prison, if you do anything bad you end up suffering for it. It's not that you feel bad about it, but you pay the price for doing it. If you commit adultery you will end up getting AIDS most likely. There is no bad thing that you can do that you won't pay for in this life and in the next! The sorrow of the world doesn't work repentance, it works death.

What's the difference of worldly sorrow and godly sorrow? With godly sorrow you have God and you will be sad for only a moment and you will repent from your sins. Worldly sorrow is hopeless and it's a bad place to be. Godly sorrow is because you are sorry that you've made a mistake and you want forgiveness from God. The difference is people who want to be right with God and people who don't care. What kind of sorrow is in you?

Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this message and for all things. Please forgive us of all our sins and we forgive all those who've wronged us. Take away from us the sorrow of the world and when we should have godly sorrow, may we have it. Bring us closer to you and make us holy children. In Jesus, name. A-men!

God bless!

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