Acknowledge your Iniquity!

Acknowledge your Iniquity!
[My Offline Bible] Jeremiah 3
12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. 13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD. 14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: 15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Knowing God is important in having a successful walk with Him. He is so loving and patient. We almost take that attribute to mean carelessness. People therefore abuse His love and patience. Solomon had said because judgment against an evil isnt instant men's heart are set in them to do evil. Many today question if Jesus Christ would ever return all because God would rather want men to repent than to perish.
Yet even reading and speaking about God's judgment send shivers down the spine. And it does come after the exhaustion of God's long-suffering. It is useless waiting for it before a change is made.
God waits for repentance. While he waits, it will seem He has forgotten His word. That's not the time for us to walk on presumptuously thinking all's well. And men do forget and live on, oblivious of a hanging judgment above their heads, with God's time of long-suffering ticking away...
Why must we wait, when God is waiting for us? Why must we wait till judgment falls? I see that we wait, justifying our errors. We wait not acknowledging our faults. We argue the obvious with all sorts of lopsided scriptural arguments. Sometimes too we use the experiences of others who also are on the que for their own judgment. Since God isn't blind and hasn't killed anyone who's doing the same, that means its ok to continue.
And so men go on travelling in error. They are quick to say judge not to anyone who might want to help. They become enemies to those who might show Israel their sins, and those who tell the truth become preys.
What we don't know is that continuing in error while God awaits repentance stops God's greater blessings. The plan of God is stalled and we go on in cycle without any real progress, because God waits...and that isn't judgment yet. He is just waiting.
Others may point Israel's sin to him but repentance means he acknowledging his sin by himself. I must recognize sin as sin, I must agree that I'm walking contrary to divine pleasure and expectations before I can change.
I can ask for forgiveness but that isn't repentance, repentance means I recognize my filth, change my mind, my mentality, my ideology and philosophy about that act to that of God and then stop walking that way and go on do the right thing.
It all starts with recognition and acknowledging errors. If we continue to argue the obvious and justify iniquity, we defy divine warnings and move on carelessly towards certain judgment.
God has greater plans beyond this wrestling. Let go. Repent and move on with God. Why must we court judgment! If it is sin, God won't make it right just because of you so assuming such is another error. We can do it and we must do it and go on with God!
Acknowledge every sin without a plea and come to God who shed His blood to obtain mercy for pardon for sin and find grace to continue in holiness. It is possible if we so desire! Good morning!