Psalm 103:12 Some time ago, my pastor asked this question in one of his sermons: “How would you live if you knew—without a shadow of a doubt—that you are forgiven?” That question struck me as a challenge. What would the life lived in the full knowledge of forgiveness look like? I envisioned that life, and realized that I live with so many needless fears and insecurities.
When I fear to ask God’s forgiveness one more time (as if He could grow tired of my failures), I could be praising Him for making His forgiveness possible. When I bathe myself in self-inflicted shame because I don’t feel adequately remorseful for my sin, I could be shoving my sin behind me with the confidence that it is no longer powerful in my life—Christ has conquered. When I do good in trembling hope of pleasing the God that I am constantly failing, I could be doing good out of genuine delight in Him. Fear should not live in me. I am forgiven. Shame should not live in me. I am forgiven. Insecurity should not live in me. I am forgiven. How would you live if you were convinced that you are forgiven?
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Meet YaashaNone of my life has gone the way it was "supposed to go," but I don't love my life any less because of the hardships and new directions. I see so much unexpected good in it, and I want others to see the good in theirs. Archives
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