You had a sexual affair
with your friend’s wife and everyone thinks you are a bad person. You made a
mistake and you cannot let go of that past and you feel so ashamed. There are
issues in life, which are weighing you down. You do not understand why you are
not getting pregnant after ten years of marriage. Has the good Lord that you
serve left you barren? The promotion at work that will lead you to your big
financial break is not forthcoming, you begin to wonder why.
When you are ashamed of
your past or worried about your unknown future that is when you can find God.
In that moment, where nothing seems to work for you, you sit in a quiet mood
most often. It is in that quietness, that you can hear the spirit of God which
is gentle and true.
When we cling to God
through those trying moments, we find our purpose in life. Paul said in 2
Corinthians 12:9, but he said to
me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my
power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will
boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest
on me.
We are all uniquely created and our journeys
may be different. One thing for sure, we are all partakers of God’s grace, if
we let ourselves go and let God in. Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple
must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save
their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it”. (Matthew 16:24-25).
Jesus has already taken your shame and pain away by nailing it on the cross.
When you embrace the cross, He gives you a new identity. You are now a new
creation, old things have become new. You begin to live the life that God
predestined for you to live.
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