Name: Josh
Scripture: Luke 18: 13
But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, "God, have mercy on me, a sinner."
OAP: I guess the thing that made me want to journal on this is that this guy has such disgrace and anguish in crying out to God for forgiveness. I realize that in some of my more usual and fleshly habitual sins that coming to God for forgiveness has become ritualistic and sometimes doesn't really hold that much remorse anymore. Its just like "Oh hey, yeah God...sorry i did that...well i guess ill see you later right?" And who knows what this tax collector did wrong, it could have been something huge, it could have been some little hidden guilt that was weighing on his heart, who knows. But the way he comes totally broken and fearful before God, as i rarely do, noteworthy to say the least.
Prayer: Lord make me fear your supreme judgment of my actions to the point where i cry out "God, have mercy on me, a sinner."
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