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When we look at the Suffering Servant, we see someone who spent time allowing God to form him. We see someone who allowed God to search his heart and purify him of all that kept him from fulfilling his calling. Consequently, he came to grasp God's intention for his life and for his people. He was able to accept his role in God's plan. He was even able to embrace his sufferings, because he had caught a glimpse of the glorious outcome God had designed!
We find it a challenge to spend time this Lent examining our consciences. There are so many reasons: We’re too busy to spend so much time looking inward. We have done it so many times before that now it feels like a rote exercise. We’re uncomfortable being under the microscope, trying to uncover all the rules we’ve broken.
But if we let these reasons stop us from spending time with God, we risk missing out on the greatest fruit of Confession: the freedom to reach the fullness of God’s intention for us! As we spend the time contemplating God’s glory and asking the Holy Spirit to search us and examine us, God will form our character. When we see how passionately God loves us, we won’t want to tolerate the sins that keep us from him or his plans…
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