[Discoveries] 05-22-08 Running to God -- Luke 5:8

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, "Go away 
from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!" -- Luke 5:8*/

Simon Peter reflects what I suspect is in all of us -- the kind of shame 
that says, "Lord, go away, and please don't come back until I figure out 
some way to clean myself up."

Running to God, rather than hiding from God, is counter-intuitive and 
has been ever since Adam and Eve took the forbidden fruit.

Yet this counter-intuitive choice is what God longs for and what the 
church and all humanity desperately need. Running to God with all our 
inadequacies, sins and imperfections frees us from trying to do what we 
cannot do, and it frees God to do what only He can do.

Only God can clean us up. Only God can give us a pure heart and a 
willing spirit. Only God can untangle the mess we find ourselves in.

Do you want to know the difference between success and failure in the 
Christian life? It boils down to one thing: which direction we run.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

You may freely post, reprint or redistribute this devotional provided a 
reference or link back to _DwightClough.com_ 
<http://www.dwightclough.com> is included.

Discoveries Devotional -- Inspiration in Your Inbox is provided daily by
Dwight Clough Ministries, Inc.
1223 West Main Street #228
Sun Prairie, WI 53590 USA
Dwight Clough Ministries is supported by your donations.
Visit _www.DwightClough.com_ <http://www.dwightclough.com> for more 
information.

Change your subscription: 
_http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/discoveries_

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/discoveries/attachments/20080517/2492fa66/attachment.html>