How to 'get right' with God...

The lost are of course 'not right' with God.  Until we repent and become regenerated by the Spirit through faith and adopted into the family of God, we are seen as His enemies.  Enemy = not right.  But this can apply to believers as well.  Although "nothing can separate us from the love of God" (Rom.8:38-39) and we are eternally secure in our salvation (Eph.1:13-14), even we as believers can get on the wrong side of God.  So, when that happens, how do we 'get right' with Him? 

There's a record in the historical narrative of 2 Kings 22 which speaks of a young king in Judah, Josiah, who actually took the throne at age 8 (can you imagine??).  At the age of 26, 18 years into his reign, he had gotten things turned around.  He was a righteous king who brought his people back from the wickedness they had practiced and experienced under the reigns of Manasseh and Amon (idolatry and child sacrifice) and God blessed Josiah and those in Judah for it.  In 2 Kings 22:14-20, there's a pronouncement of judgment from God for past sins however, Josiah is granted a peaceful reign and the grace to not have to witness the destruction that would come upon his people when judgment came.  God is faithful and slow to anger.  So, how did Josiah 'get right with God' to the point that he would be spared of judgment?  Verse 19 says, "because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before the Lord..."   Throughout Scripture, this is always the answer to 'getting right with God.'  So, whenever you know that you're relationship with God is off, check your heart and your life for sin you haven't repented of.  If you will humble yourself, admit your mistakes against God, and repent (change your mind and turn away from), you will be made 'right with God.'


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