Strength for everything – Part 2

Strength for everything – Part 2

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13

God doesn't remember your past sins to punish you. The bible says, that God puts all our sins behind His back, means He never allows it to come before Him. What comes before Him is the blood of Jesus shed for you. To get our sins dealt with if we haven't dealt, is only to ask for forgiveness and forget it. God will wash you and change you. The true repentance means you allow God to change you. Getting your sin dealt means not saying, "Lord forgive me." But after that allowing God to change us. Even if it pinches us to accept the change we are ready to change. That is asking for forgiveness with a loving and repentant heart.

Paul was not crying about his past mistakes which he had done. He was not analyzing whether is God punishing him for his past sins. He had one thing in mind, which holds true even today for everyone who is ready to accept, that God has placed you exactly where you ought to be. You might be in the deepest dungeons like Joseph or on the ash heap like Job, or even in the wilderness running like David. Whatever it might be, it is in the plan of God if you allow God to work in it. If certain things has happened in your life, its only because it is a part of God's plan to bring you out better. If you ask me, "How its going to happen, or when will it happen?" I will not have an answer but I know things will change for sure. Your life is not meant to end in the wilderness, nor in the dungeons nor on the ash heap. God says, "He will give beauty for ashes, exaltation for the dungeons, promised land for your wilderness, a throne for your demotion. Only if you are bound to remain in the ash heap and not ready to move ahead and face the challenge, then wilderness is where you will end up, like the Israelites. But if you are ready to move ahead, accept the new challenges, let go of your past, then God has kept a throne of glory ready for you. Double honor, double blessings, double promotion and sevenfold restoration of what you have lost. Like Joseph you will rise up, like Job you will have blessings and like David you will have a throne. God bless you.

– Jimsen & Sneha