When sin stops hurting and compromise feels normal, you're spiritually numb. The speaker warns that ignored conviction hardens your heart gradually, but that sting of guilt is the Holy Spirit calling you back. Repentance and a tender heart that listens to God are the antidote.
One of the scariest things that can happen to a believer is not losing passion, it's losing conviction. You sin and it doesn't break your heart anymore. You compromise and you just shrug it off. You grieve the Holy Spirit, you don't consider his feelings. That's how spiritual numbness begins. A hard heart doesn't start overnight. It grows one ignored conviction at a time. But here's the mercy of God. Conviction is a sign of spiritual life. When you feel that sting of godly sorrow, that tug in your spirit, that's the Holy Spirit saying, come back, you're going too far. Don't silence him with excuses. Respond with repentance. Live with a tender heart, one that trembles at his word, one that can still hear when he whispers a command.
