One of the most wonderful things about the life of a Christian is that we can start again. Sure, we may not be able to roll back the years of missed opportunities. We may not have a second chance in the eyes of some we hurt. But with God each day is a new day to start again...to walk afresh and draw near to Him.
We don't have to live in the shadows of regret and despair. And we don't have live looking in the rear view mirror of life thinking that somehow what was behind us was really worth living for when in fact, many of us were dying when Christ rescued us from such darkness.
The Lord speaking through prophet Isaiah says, "See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland." (Isaiah 43:19). This a foretelling of God's people being delivered from Babylonian captivity.
Right now you may be ensnared by an old sinful habit. You may have fallen down. Or you may have drifted from the Lord because of the pressures of life demand so much strength that you no longer pray or read the Bible. But God says to you and me that He makes a new thing, but can we see it?
Beloved, let me encourage you to look away from your defeat and failure. Even if you have made terrible choices and find yourselves overcome by the consequences. Remember God still extends fresh mercy and grace! There is hope for the believer that we will not go under, be overcome by the weight of our foolishness or drown in a sea of regret.
Here's a precious promise for us to anchor our hearts. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them. Psalms 126:2 (NIV).
God has and is doing wonderful things for us. Let's start again...by praising and thanking Him for those things both seen and unseen that He is at work in our lives.
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