God Who Heals

It's easy to recognize wickedness, and [these days] there's no lack of opportunities to see it. Recent tragedies reflect an acute brokenness in our nation, and that brokenness seems to have seeped deeply into the soul of the nation. I suggest there's a neglect, however, to see personal sin - that is, sin that is personal to me and to you. It's been said God has no grandchildren, which is a keenly profound phrase and a deeply-moving truth: each person is personally responsible for his or her own heart. David said in Psalm 32:5, "I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not hide; I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the LORD': and You forgave the guilt of my sin." As a people we no longer are willing to be transparent about sin because we no longer care to be transparent about personal sin - this is why sin is now a national epidemic. As a nation we no longer love God above all things because its people fail to personally "love God with all our hearts and souls and mind (Matthew 22:37 ESV). The nation no longer delights in the Lord because its people no longer personally delight in Him hence the personal desires of people's hearts are not for the Lord (Psalm 37:4 ESV). I could go on and on as God's Word speaks the truth of where we are as a nation and as God's people. Charles Spurgeon said confession bring "healing for the "broken heart ... the fountain is always flowing and ready to cleanse us from our sins." The brokenness for a broken nation begins with the brokenness of every heart before the ... God Who Heals.