Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” —1Corinthians 2:9
We are a people with a future – not spiritual nomads or wanderers, but a people of purpose and destiny. The pass is over. The future stretches out before us full of promise and possibility. We are changed people – new people.
Not avoiding decisions that must be made, nor running from responsibility because of the mistakes and failures in our past, we look toward a future based on a newness of heart created in us by God. No longer haunted by the past, we are free to choose – to make new commitments and follow new direction. In our freedom we set new standards and find new strength by which to live.
Experience gives wisdom; God gives a new heart. Our past mistakes have taught us some valuable lessons, but God has given us a new life. We have called upon our merciful God, repented, and begun to have the hope of a new heart and a new start – the beginning of a total renewal. We have found God faithful to his promise in Jeremiah 3:22: “Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding.” And we have responded: “Yes, we will come to you, for you are the Lord our God.”
What a loving, compassionate God we serve! Society may expect us to walk in guilt and shame indefinitely, but we no longer conform to what the world says. We have been transformed. Our minds have been renewed by God’s word and our hearts by His mercy.
Prayer Focus: My prayer is that we will have faith like it says in Matthew 17:20: So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have the faith as a mustard seed, you will say to the mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.”
C. Denise Bryant
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