Introspection

Ugh! How long can I go sometimes without looking inward?! Obviously for a while.
I think that is what human nature lulls us to...
...drown out the pang of sin in my life
...cover over the messed up things that I think, do and say
...don't think about the LORD of all creation that loves me today
...don't see His glory and goodness that brings me to my knees in humility
...get busy and don't have time for God and His reality
...let your guard down by not protecting the treasure He has given me
...settle for the lull of sleep that the trinkets of this world seduce me into
...simply turn your "spiritual mind" off and don't waste time pondering God
...run from what makes me hurt, my sin and failures
...tune God out and I won't have to deal with it all
All of these things I think are battles that I face daily in my walk with God. Actually I think sometimes I stop walking, but praise His holy name that He holds me by the right hand and kinda drags me along sometimes.
He is so good to not leave me in my state of sinful humanity.
Here lately I have been thinking about what it means to be hidden in Christ.
And lately this has simply meant.... that His nature is in me, and therefore I live to glorify Him alone in all that I do by the Holy Spirit's power. Yeh, absolutely, I fail at this constantly! I don't know that I ever get it right, and that brings me back to being hidden in Him; He has died for my sins, and so when I fail and screw up.... all He asks is that I run to Him, having clear knowledge of my deep need of His cleansing blood and forgiving grace... when I come to Him to repent... He doesn't treat me as if He sees me, the horrible, wretched sinner, that will never get it right until glory. He treats me as He does His perfect and holy Son. He forgives me because my life is hidden in Christ.
Praise the LORD Most High for the grace that keeps me humbled at His feet, the love that will never fail me, and for Him.... who loved me enough to give His own Son to save me!