Change Must Occur, but Will it?

Third Day's song, "Can't Take The Pain" is basically a song about what Peter experienced after denying Jesus three times. This song is so amazing as it hits to the heart of the remedy for dealing with sin and sinful actions. If we are ever going to deal with sin, forsake sin, and move forward, we must deal with our own sin at the gut level! It must be a deep down visceral experience that we have. Peter's pain was so heavy that he couldn't deal with it. When we truly see the fact that our actions, attitudes, and our hearts go against the Lord it has to move us on a gut level in that we see the seriousness of it. It has to be more than just hearing and recognizing our 'short-comings', it must be that we recognized that we have hurled hurt towards our God. It has to be seen as being what it really is, going against God, leaving our first love, abandoning our Lord. One would never think of adultery as a light thing would we. OK, maybe if it were someone else or even if we have been blinded by our own sin, we may think it light, but what if the doctor says, 'you have cancer'? Wow! Now we would feel that on a gut level. It's the same with sin. We must feel it on a gut level to the point that we find we can't stand the pain for it is so strong, so wrong, so hurting to us. Then it will be that we truly turn back to God in brokenness and with a repentant heart. It's now that we can get this thing right with God - our heart, our souls, our lives and move forward.