October 20, 2021: The Weight of Our Past Sin in Our Lives Can Affect Our Relationship with Our Lord.

Many of us as Christians, struggle with God's grace and forgiveness in our lives. We tend to think that we have gone too far with God's grace. We will say something like; "God, I know you can't forgive me for this sin again, I keep doing the same thing over and over again", or we think we have messed up so bad in our life, that God can never forgive us for all the things we have done and are doing.

The great news is that God's grace and forgiveness never ends...If we have a repentant and remorseful heart, God's grace and forgiveness is always there for us, and if we are willing to turn to Him and ask Him to forgive us.

In the Book of Isaiah, the prophet tells us why we feel so separated from God at times. It is because of our "unconfessed sins" we are trying to hide from God. He already knows about them. All we must do is to be honest with Him, come before Him and confess them. They have already been forgiven on the "Cross of Jesus".

Isaiah 59: 1-2

Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened,

That it cannot save;

Nor His ear heavy,

That it cannot hear.

2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God;

And your sins have hidden His face from you,

So that He will not hear.

I think of the life of Saul of Tarsus, who later became the Apostle Paul. He was a sinner of sinners. He persecuted the first Christians of his time and hunted them down to have them imprisoned and stoned to death.

I Timothy 1: 15-17

Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in Him and receive eternal life.

What the Apostle Paul is saying here is that if God could forgive him, Paul (Saul), then how can God, not forgive us for our sins in our life. There is nothing to sinful that God cannot forgive if only we would come to Him and tell Him what we have done.

PERSONNAL COMMENT

Our heavenly Father is waiting with open arms for us to come to Him with a broken and surrendered heart. There is nothing we have done that cannot be forgiven. Trust God now with His love and forgiveness. Surrender our brokenness to our Heavenly Father and allow Him to pick up the pieces and build the relationship He truly seeks with every one of us.