He Refrains Himself

Repentance is not a reaction, 

• remorse is. 
• Remorse is—I will never do the thing again. 
• Repentance is that I deliberately become the opposite to what I have been.

When a man comes into the presence of God he refrains himself 

• and remembers that he is not there 
• to suffer from his own reactions, 
• to get comfort for himself, 
• to pray along the line of “O Lord, bless me.” 

He is there 

• to refrain from his own personal needs 
• and to get into the scope of God’s outlook.

Adapted Excerpt From

Shade of His Hand

Oswald Chambers