"So it was, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, 'Is this your voice, my son, David?' And Saul lifted up his voice and wept .... 'And now I know indeed that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.' "
I Samuel 24:16, 20
Tears of sorrow, but no repentance! Saul may have sorry at the time, but later he pursued David again to kill him (see Chapter 26). The Apostle Paul said that godly sorrow produces repentance, but the sorrow of the world produces death (II Corinthians 7:10). I have seen through the years (and have done it myself) people who come to the altar time and time again with tears, only to return to their sin again and again. Now I like to see tears because they show the heart was touched. But it's like the proverbs that Peter quoted, "a dog returns to his own vomit, and a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire" (II Peter 2:22). It takes more than tears of sorrow to live godly. It take a commitment to righteousness.
Today's Thought: Repentance requires more than tears of sorrow.
Have a godly day. Love you.
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