I think true repentance, it looks like a man who has been undone, he's been broken down, He's seen his own poverty. You know the the song that comes to mind is nothing in my hands I bring simply to the cross I claim the same song talks about naked come to thee for dress and it's this idea that we have nothing at all That we can bring to God We owe Him everything. It's a complete abasement and humility, a recognition that I cannot save myself. Please help me. And I think we see plenty of examples of that throughout the scriptures.
We see that in the book of Job. We see David, the king, making these same types of clinging statements. We see that all the way through the New Testament. Even the Apostle Paul makes reference to himself when he speaks to the fact that God saved him, that through him other people might have hope and see how far God's hand is really able and willing to reach down. And so he who was before time a blasphemer, you know, has now become an apostle, but he refers to himself still as the least of all the saints.