From today until Resurrection Sunday, the devotions shall come from a booklet I wrote entitled, “The Whole Christian Life is Lent.” The premise is that the practices of Lent should not be restricted to a season but a year long daily practice.
The Courage to Be Searched
Scripture: Psalm 139:23–24
Doctrine
True repentance begins when the soul invites divine scrutiny.
Thomas Watson writes:
“Repentance is a grace of God’s Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed. Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet.”¹
Watson reminds us that self-knowledge is not natural; it is Spirit-given.
Reflection
We ask for peace but avoid exposure. Yet grace wounds before it heals.
Prayer
Search me, O God, and make sin bitter that Christ may be sweet.
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