Jesus
is our great High Priest who ascended into heaven. Therefore, we can hold firmly
to the faith we profess. We have a high priest who is able to empathize with
all of our weaknesses, because He was tempted in every way, just as we are;
yet, He did not sin (Hebrews 4:15).
Yes, Jesus had the divine nature of God within Him to keep Him perfect;
however, we do too. Once we come to God through Jesus Christ, the entire
Trinity moves into our spirit by God's Holy Spirit.
All of His divine power and spiritual gifts and fruit reside within us -
enabling us to walk in God's Spirit each moment of the day. Anyone can walk in
the Spirit for one minute.
When we do, and then when we string all of those minutes together, we have
walked in the Spirit for most of the whole day. We simply center our focus on
Christ in us and not on our flesh, the devil or the world.
We can approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may
receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need (Hebrews 4: 14).
If
we confess our sins, he is faithful to forgive us every time. In fact, He will
do one better than that! He will also sanctify and purify us from all unholy
behavior, if we will allow Him to do so (1 John 1:9) .
If
you need to ask someone's forgiveness, or make amends for something you have
done, now would be a good time to do that (Matthew 6:12). But even if they will not forgive
you, God already forgave you, and Jesus shed His blood to guarantee your
forgiveness.
Unforgiveness
is a trick of Satan to make us pessimistic and negative. It stops our growth in
our spiritual walk. These buried emotions may even make us defensive and
distant with other people.
When
we refuse to forgive our self, or someone else, we carry our feelings on our
shoulders and think other people are talking about us or have an attitude
toward us, when all along we are the one sinning against our self.
Sometimes,
Satan discourages us into thinking that we are too incompetent and tarnished to help anyone
else, we get disheartened and we want to give up.
If
we live in constant fear of failure, of
making more mistakes or repeating old mistakes, of being rejected or of not gaining
the approval of others, we will never succeed in following God’s plan for our
life.
Despite
all of our failings, God gives us overwhelming victory through Christ who loves
us (Romans 8:37). Even if everyone else is fighting against us, including our
self, they shall not prevail.
God
is with us to deliver us in our times of need (Jeremiah 1: 19). The Lord
forgives us and we can forgive our self as well as one another (Colossians
3:13). Then we will grow spiritually, emotionally, mentally and live a
healthier life.
Prayer:
Father
God, we are so blessed, because You forgave all of our transgressions and
covered all of our sins with the blood of Jesus Christ. On the cross, You paid
the penalty of the sins of the whole world once and for all (Romans 4:7-8). You
never count our sin against us again.
Now,
we can forgive and comfort those who sin against us, including our self, so
that we will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow (2 Corinthians 2:7). We realize that since You forgave us
unconditionally, we can follow Your example and forgive others and our self
unconditionally as well.
Thought for the Day:
And
when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone (even yourself),
forgive him/her (and yourself), so that your Father in heaven may forgive you
your sins."
