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So, what does this mean for your life? Wesley would push us to ask: Are you using the means of grace—prayer, Scripture, fasting, the Lord’s Supper, Christian fellowship—not just as religious habits, but as ways to experience God’s real presence and power? That is how the “functional atheism” in us gets displaced by the living Christ. The way we find healing is not by basking in our brokenness, nor wallowing in our ignorance, nor fanning into flame our fears, nor in dismissing our foolishness as minor offenses. We find healing by being honest with God, that David points his finger at US, and then taking up God on His promises, on the foundation of believing the gospel, and then moving, taking action, taking the faith-filled risk, and building again That’s the Wesleyan hope: not just forgiveness for our past, but transformation for our present, and perfect love awaiting us in the future. Which way do YOU want to live? The solution: believe the gospel, rejoice in salvation, and build your life on His Word. Psalm 14 leaves us with a choice: • The fool says, “There is no God,” and lives in corruption and fear. • The wise say, “God is here, Christ has come, and His Spirit is at work in me.” That’s the Wesleyan hope: not just forgiveness for our past, but transformation for our present, and perfect love awaiting us in the future. See more