July 22, 2020: Can A Few Spoken Words Erase Our Shameful and Sinful Past? Is It Really That Easy?
- Edward D Avila
- Jul 22, 2020
- 2 min read
In today's "Our Daily Bread" devotional, I was reading how easy it is to erase everything I've said or commands I've asked Alexa to do, (Amazon's voice-controlled device), I can simple say; "Alexa, delete everything I said today", as if it never happened.
Wouldn't that be great to do in our own lives? Imagine that we could look back to our past and be able to erase our shameful and sinful things we did to others and ourselves. I can't even begin to know where to start...To try to remember every bad deed, every misspoken word, every person I've shamed and hurt. The memories are to painful to try to remember.
(The following is from "Our Daily Bread):
There’s good news, though. God does offer each of us a clean start. Only, He goes far deeper than merely deleting our mistakes or bad behavior. God provides redemption, a deep healing that transforms us and makes us new. “Return to me,” He says, “I have redeemed you” (Isaiah 44:22). Even though God's own people rebelled and disobeyed, God reached out to them with lavish mercy. He “swept away [their] offenses like a cloud, [their] sins like the morning mist” (v. 22). He gathered all their shame and failures and washed them away with His wide, sweeping grace.
God will do the same with our sins and painful mistakes. There’s no mistake He can’t mend, no wound He can’t heal. God’s mercy heals and redeems the most painful places in our soul—even the ones we’ve hidden for so very long. His mercy sweeps away all our guilt, washes away every regret.
PERSONAL COMMENT:
So what are these few spoken words we can say? It all begins with a contrite and broken heart. We must first realize that we no longer want to go on living our lives the way we've been living it. We need God to come into our lives and hearts and take full control. We must be willing to "absolutely surrender" all of us to Him.
The following is a simple prayer. The words are not magical in anyway. But if you want to say this prayer, God is looking at your heart as you do. He'll know if you truly mean it. Allow Him to come in and begin to clean up your life. Remember, let Him do it, not you.
"Lord Jesus, I want You to come into my life right now. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my heart, my life and receive You as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for forgiving me of my sins and giving me eternal life. I surrender the control of my life to You. Make me the kind of person You want me to be, in Your name I pray, Amen."
P.S. The following is a link called the "Four Spiritual Laws". This outline will further help you understand what you just prayed. It helped me many years ago to know who Jesus is and what He did for me on the cross.
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