EZE 36:31 “Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and your abominations.
Though the verse is talking primarily about Israel in the future when they will eventually repent and turn to the Lord, it could be applied to any individual sinner now who repents.
You see, repentance is also a change of attitude towards self. Instead of viewing ourselves as good sinners unlike those "bad" sinners out there, we now take sin seriously and view ourselves in a different light. We now loathe ourselves in our own sight for all the sins we've done. We now view ourselves as spiritually bankrupt and mourn over our condition before God.
We take the lowly place and acknowledge our needy condition. It is at this point that we are ready for the good news of what the Lord Jesus Christ did on the cross. Looking away from ourselves to Him, entrusting ourselves to Him, who died on the cross for all our sins, we receive forgiveness and salvation.
Have you allowed God to bring you to this humbling experience of yourself? Do you now realize that, as a sinner, you can't even stand yourself? Have you come to the Savior because of it? Come now, humble yourself and turn to the Savior.
