MOURNING, EVERY ONE FOR HIS INIQUITY

 
EVENING DEVOTION

NOVEMBER 23

 

Ezekiel 7:16

…all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.

 
Such is the effect of real conversion to God.
 
The sinner under alarm may weep, he dreads the punishment of his sin; but the assured believer will mourn, because he has sinned against a God of love, and broken a law that is holy, just, and good.
 
He will mourn over the sin that dwells in him, which no one knows but himself; as well as for the iniquity that is discovered by his fellow men.
 
He daily mourns, because he daily sins.
 
Yet he is not unhappy. He knows that the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth him from all sin.
 
He knows that to him the Lord will not impute sin.
 
He knows that he is accepted in the Beloved.
 
These things make him mourn.
 
The greater his confidence in God—the sweeter his enjoyment of a Saviour’s love—the closer he walks with God—the more he mourns for his iniquity.
 
His is repentance unto life. Godly sorrow, which needeth not to be repented ud.
 
Beloved, do you mourn for your iniquity?
 
Has there been any sorrow for sin working in your heart to-day?
 
You daily sin; you must daily repair to the fountain opened for sin; and you should daily mourn for your iniquity.
 

Dear Lord, may I a mourner be,

Over my sins and after thee;

And when my mourning days are o’er,

Enjoy the comforts evermore.

 

James Smith