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40 Days Of Teshuvah To Yom Kippur |
Create In Me A Clean Heart Oh Adonai and Renew a Right Spirit Within Me
Psalm 51 |
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Day 2
Al Chet Prayer
The Goal Of Al Chet Is To Get To The Root Of The Problem. To become more like Yeshua and to become conformed to His Image and Torah is a process, it does not happen over night. The key is never to give up, because He does not give up on us. We are all under construction and a work in process.
#1 For the sin that we have sinned before You under duress and willingly;
When you are under duress the pressure is on. It is during times of duress that we find our what is really in our heart.
Sometimes we sin under duress because we have placed our selves in a position of compromise. Or we have put ourselves in a situation that we had no business being in there will be temptaiton to sin. Maybe we are tempted to lie to cover up something or accuss the brethren when we are the ones who should be repenting. Maybe we wanted to please our peers and we acted in a way that was contrary to the word because of the pressure of public opinion.
Peter knew what being under duress was like....Matthew 26:31-35, 69-75
When the pressure came and the duress, Peter denied he knew Yeshua. Yes he repented and was used in a mighty way, and ended up dieing for his faith, but Yeshua knows our hearts and He knew Peter's heart.
Out the the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The word HEART appears over 800 times in the Word of God. God is concerned about our Heart Condition and this is time for the Ruach HaKodesh to do some Heart surgery on us all.
It is easy to brag that we will do this and that for God, and that we would never do what Peter did or we would never sin like our forefathers did. However, the test of what we will do or not do comes when the pressure is on whatever is inside will come out whether good or bad.
If anyone knew what duress and pressure was like it was Yeshua, but His will was to do the will of the Father.
Luk 22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
Luk 22:43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
Luk 22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
According to an article I read by a doctor a long time ago, he said it would have been extreme stress that caused the blood to pour down His face because his capalaries would have broken due to the deep stress. Have any of us ever been under that much duress?
What did Yeshua say
Luk 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
We need to fill our hearts with His Word so that when the test comes, it is the Word that comes out of our mouth.
*Journal - Food For Thought :
Duress;
Did I put myself into a compromising situation and then when I got into trouble rationalize by saying it was "unavoidable" or "accidental"?
Have I tried making "fences' so that I won't transgress?
Have I considered setting up a penalty system as a deterrent against certain mistakes?
When I legitimately got into an unavoidable situation, did I stop to consider why God might want me to experience this particular challenge?
Willingly;
Did I make mistakes because I was lazy, or because my flesh (animalistic nature) get the best of me?
*Questions from Rabbi Shraga Simmons (Aish Hatorah) Exploring the Al Chet Prayer |
