I am attacked on all sides by the Enemy. He fills my head with memories of what I've done, things I've seen. They are burned into my soul. He reaches into my heart with a needle and injects shame and filth. The weight is too much to bear! The lies I've told, the friends I've hurt, the trash I've stared at, all crowding around me once more. But the Prince of Peace is my God! He has rescued me from my despair and pulled me out of my darkness! I am no longer a slave in the caverns of hell! I am a new man! A free man! I am a new creation. I SAY THIS IN UTMOST CERTAINTY.
I will fall again and again but I am learning to give into grace. I say this not as an excuse but in joy! The times I fall into sin grace will increase! Does this mean I am free to sin? Absolutely not! But if I don't rest completely in Christ's sacrifice on the cross then I am a pointless man.
TAKE HEART FRIENDS!We are not given this gift of salvation just to get through the day! God has given us power and strength through the Holy Spirit. We can move mountains! Take heart brothers and sisters, for though we are scarred and the wounds are tender, we are being made whole again! We are being made new!
WE ARE NEW!
So tire not beloved, creation is waiting for us to become who God has ordained us to be. Fear not, for our Daddy has conquered doubt. He has conquered fear. He has conquered selfishness. He has conquered lust. He has conquered apathy. He has conquered emptiness. He has conquered immorality. He has conquered it all.
AND HE HOLDS US IN HIS HANDS!
