Repentance requires more than a true zeal to be delivered from your circumstances, or even a passing knowledge about God and his power...it requires a steadfast heart that is faithful to God's covenant. This can only come by being given a new heart (Ezek. 36:26-27). This new heart is able to receive God and all his benefits without contempt. Only then will we understand everything that God has done (and will do) for us; that he is sovereign and able, that we can quickly run to him in our time of need, that there are ongoing consequences to our sin that he wants us to learn from, and that our salvation is secured.