Have we "sold out" the way Esau did? ( HEB 12:16) has the lure of wealth , power, prestige, position, sercurity, style, or he approval and praise of others led us to barter away God's riches for a single meal?
Esau sought to change his father's mind and gain the inheritance he had forfeited by the duplicity, but he could not set right the damage he had done. He had to live with his decision. Neither can we tun back the clock and undo the wrong we have done to ourselves and to others.
Although the past is irrevocable, there can be a new day before us, filled with new chances, new opportunities, and new expectations. God will not redo the past, but when we repent He can and will forgive us and set us on a new path.
The Lord can give us opportunities to show how we have truely repented of the decisions of the past and how much we long to serve Him in the decisions to come. He will never mention the deeds by which we've shamed other and ourselves; the are forgiven and forgotten forever.
God will give us a place to begin - to love, to serve. to touch others profoundly and eternally for His sake. This demostrated the greatness of our heavenly Father's forgiving love to us.
Dear Lord, be merciful to me; My sin has grieved Youre heart; And grant to me Your strength anew To make a fresh, new start.
GOD'S FORGIVENESS IS THE DOOR TO A NEW BEGINNING.
Passage: HEB 12: 12-17
green: words that speak to me white: taken for QT material(for the top)
this passage really spoke to me. telling me not to be greedy and at the same time telling me that just repent to God and He will forgive. and God has already set a path, a right path for me and for others. with so many different challengers to go through. you and i do not know what will the path be like. easy or difficult? God set it for us and all we have to do is to ASK! whatever wrong doings we have done, just ask for forgiveness. and God would be willing to forgive us.
