How to Repent: Turning Toward God with Awe and Honesty

Most of us think repentance means feeling worse about ourselves. Or we think it’s optional—something God’s already covered. But Scripture paints a different picture. Repentance doesn’t start with guilt. It starts with awe.

Isaiah saw the Lord and cried, “I am undone.” Peter saw a miracle and fell to his knees. John saw Christ in glory and collapsed like a dead man. True repentance begins with the fear of the Lord—a reverent, soul-shaking recognition that God is holy and we are not. And yet, He draws near.

This post explores why repentance is more than behavior change. It’s a return. A return to relationship, to reverence, and to the God who meets us in mercy.