June 19, 2024 Daily Dose of Discernment

Are you unaware or ignorant [of the fact] that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? (Romans 2:4)

Repentance is renewing our mind to believe that God's ways work and the world's ways are futile, so that our lives are ordered accordingly. He could easily use force or magic to accomplish this, but He doesn't.

So how does God do it instead? By showing kindness. No matter how evil or hardened a person is, when they taste and see this kindness which He constantly and unceasingly blesses everyone with, they will be drawn to it and transformed by it. Some may take longer than others, but they will bow their knee to it; it's just a matter of time. We will get tired of going astray before He gets tired of loving us. This is His infinite goodness and mercy, the most powerful force in the universe. And because His Spirit is in us, we have that same power to influence others.