Stubbornness
But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. — Romans 2:5 Gracious Lord Jesus, my friend and my King, What are the areas of my soul where I am most stubborn and where in my heart am I unrepentant? This verse really brings to mind the cry of the Psalmist who writes, "Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." (Psalm 139:23-24). Lord, I invite you to inspect my heart. Where does stubbornness and unrepentance exist? This way of surrender and humility means regularly asking you to survey the condition of my heart and point out the areas where I am holding tightly to my own way and grasping self-righteously to my own desires. Lord, forgive me for my stubbornness. Cleanse me of my thinking that my ways are right and I know the answers. Lord, for...