2 CORINTHIANS 5:17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
2020 and already a week has gone by. Seven days of the New Year have flown by. Did you unplug for at least one of those seven days? Thank God for mercy and that His mercy is new every morning. Only seven days have gone by and most New Year Resolutions are broken and people begin to fall into old habits, mindsets and feel hopeless that change can occur. But, I got good news. Resets, restarts and rebirths don't go by calendar days but by the God of the creator of all days!
Restart because it brings thankfulness.
“O Israel, hope in the LORD; For with the LORD there is mercy, And with Him is abundant redemption.”
To be redeemed results in being freed from bondage to sin and failure of the past and to enjoy the benefits of a new start.
In reality there is no “undo” button that makes the things we have done to be undone.
1. We can’t un-cuss somebody.
2. We can’t un-cheat in business or marriage.
3. We can’t un-sin our done deeds.
But with God there is a “restart” button.
With God there is a clean slate.
With God there is always a new beginning.
It’s like a first grader who ruined his sheet of paper and timidly walked up to the teacher’s desk and showed her the rip. She smiled at him, gave another sheet of paper and said, “Do better now, child.”
This is certainly not a license to sin but it is liberty to begin again!
“O Israel, hope in the LORD; For with the LORD there is mercy, And with Him is abundant redemption.”
To be redeemed results in being freed from bondage to sin and failure of the past and to enjoy the benefits of a new start.
In reality there is no “undo” button that makes the things we have done to be undone.
1. We can’t un-cuss somebody.
2. We can’t un-cheat in business or marriage.
3. We can’t un-sin our done deeds.
But with God there is a “restart” button.
With God there is a clean slate.
With God there is always a new beginning.
It’s like a first grader who ruined his sheet of paper and timidly walked up to the teacher’s desk and showed her the rip. She smiled at him, gave another sheet of paper and said, “Do better now, child.”
This is certainly not a license to sin but it is liberty to begin again!
ACTION STEP: Ask God for His mercy today. Now, receive His mercy and start again. God is not mad at you, in fact He loves you! Love yourself enough to begin again. Today is a new day and His mercy is new too!
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