Pay attention to the accusations you hear about yourself. They are often an assault meant to keep you from doing all God wants to do through you and to keep you from living free from guilt and shame.
The accuser wants to rob us of all joy and peace and contentment. He is the one who reminds us of sin that God has already forgiven. Satan wants us to believe that the blood of Jesus is not enough to remove that sin and shame from our lives.
What a liar.
I know he’s a liar because he has lied to me. Just like every other subject God has ever allowed me to write or speak about, I’ve personally experienced this. Can I just tell you I’ve been on the field trip of believing Satan’s lies, and it is no place to stay?
Maybe you aren’t like me. Maybe you don’t have any big regrets. However, I do. I can’t tell you how many hours I’ve laid awake at night with an ache in my stomach over something I’ve said or done.
Anybody else?
And what about those really bad things we’ve done? Those things that have so horrifically hurt someone else and have consequences we can’t fix? How can we live with shame and regret so deep that we dare not tell anyone about it?
What about those sins that everyone knows about? What about when asking for forgiveness from the one we’ve hurt is not even possible? What then? How can we be free from that choking, heavy burden and live life abundantly? Is it possible?
It is possible—but only in the light of the cross.
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