The other night as I was lying in bed having another bout of
insomnia I began thinking of my past. In
my mind there was a popcorn series of memories of all of the poor choices and
dumb mistakes that I’ve made. And the
more tired I got, the more my angry I got with myself. Actually, “angry” doesn’t even begin to
scratch the surface; “disgusted” would be a more adequate description of how I
felt about my self. Basically, that
night, I convinced my self that the sins of my past had eliminated me from the
ability to do anything beneficial for the kingdom of God
Then I felt as though the God was telling me, “Those are the
lies of the enemy.” So when I started to
think positive things.
I remembered what it says in Psalm 103:12:
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed
our transgressions from us.
And the next time a thought hit I remembered
2 Corinthians 5:17:
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:
The old creation has gone and the new one is here!
See, the enemy knows that God has forgiven us but that we
have a more difficult time forgiving ourselves.
If he can get us to dwell on our mistakes there is a chance that we
might give up. I don’t think he’s so
much on a quest to get us to all wear black robes and sacrifice small
animals. I think he has set his sights
on just getting us to quit trying and turn away from God. That’s not a battle I intend on letting him
win.
1 Peter 5:8 tells us:
Be alert and sober of mind.
Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for
someone to devour.
Remember, “If we confess our sins He is faithful and just and
forgives us of all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)
So if He has forgiven us maybe we should forgive ourselves. The devil is a liar, let’s stop listening to him.
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