Repentance Leads to Peace
All too often, our hearts are divided between allegiance to God and our love for this world. We want to know and obey God, but we also want to rule our own lives. We feel entitled to things that God has not given us, whether money, power, prestige, or pleasure. Our entitlement leads to discontent, envy, and conflict with other Christians. But God offers us a way to escape this painful cycle of conflict: Repentance. When we humble ourselves before God, agree with His perspective, and turn away from our misplaced desires, God freely offers the grace we need in order for our hearts to be transformed. And changed hearts result in restored relationships, with God and with those around us. Repentance leads to peace.