How to Be a Champion for the Lord

05/05/21 – 05/22/21

Champions Know When to Lean on God

By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  05/21/21

In today’s society, people constantly blame shift. There is always some excuse to explain away the actions of people who need to be held accountable. While our society loves to bestow grace, it struggles to see how grace and consequences for our actions can live together. Adopting this type of attitude can stunt our relationship with God.

God is a God of grace and redemption, so much so that He sacrificed His only Son for the forgiveness of our sins. Yet, Jesus’ death was the consequence of our sin. The consequences of sin are not dismissed simply because grace is endowed upon us.

Do we really think we need to confess our sins? And if so, do we think it is our fault that we sinned? Answering these questions will help us determine whether we are truly living by this Kingdom principle—that we are sinners who have been ransomed with Jesus’ blood and who still must confess sin. If we do not confess and repent, we may try to hide from our Savior instead of receiving His transforming and freeing love and grace.

So if we intend to experience wholeness, we must confess our sins to God and ask for His forgiveness. Whenever we turn to Christ—even in the midst of our brokenness—He is there for us, putting back together for us the shattered pieces.

A true champion knows when to lean on God—and that time is always. We cannot conquer the sin in our lives on our own. We need to put on the altar those attitudes and habits that produce sin in our lives and invite God to bring about the cleansing that purifies us. When we are diligent to confess our sins and accept responsibility for our actions, God is faithful to respond and lovingly restore us to wholeness.

Prayer: Lord, help me to be more aware of my sin and more faithful to confess it to You. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

“Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy” (Proverbs 28:13).