The life of a Rocket

 

Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com 

 

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The books of the prophets are group into the Major Prophets and the Minor Prophets. The Major Prophets include five books which are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel. The Minor Prophets include twelve books called Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.

The common theme of these prophetic books is a call to repentance in order to avoid pending judgment interlaced with a promise of the future coming of the Messiah who would setup Israel’s glorious kingdom. 

To live in repentance is to assume a pattern of life that consistently and rhythmically brings you back into the hearing of God’s two words: Law and Gospel. 

As Timothy Keller said, “...repentance is the way we make progress in the Christian life. Indeed, pervasive, all-of-life-repentance is the best sign that we are growing deeply and rapidly into the character of Jesus.” 

Daily repentance and faith is not living in constant doubt about the power of Christ’s forgiveness, but, rather, in constant realization of our tendency to abandon God. It is a daily re-orientation of our eyes onto the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

what is repentance… the greek word literally means to change ones mind and accept Gods will. There is no magic spell that one is waiting for… you ask God to forgive you of your sins and lead you into repentance… changing your mind into his will and acting on it. 

And here is the unique thing about repentance… you don’t have to know you have sinned, you don’t have to feel like a sinner, there is not always a sense of guilt or shame… you might feel quite normal. but you know that your life should have a daily rhythm where you ask god for repentance and insight into his will for you life. 

They say a rocket to the moon is off course 90% of the time, but it gets to the moon because of its continual recalibration and adjusting to its inner compass. I bet no astronaut in flight in space wonders “hmm did the space ship just take a hard right?”… they can’t tell if they are off course, they just trust the internal process of readjusting to the course.  That is what repentance is for the believer. I want to be more like Jesus, I think I am ok, but I am sure there are things in my life where I am off course. So father please help me see and understand where I need adjustment, forgive me, change my heart and my actions.

Now that is a life on target, tha