Some things that happened a while back have been weighing heavily on me for a very long time. Anytime the memories creep into my mind, I am overcome with guilt, shame and heartache.
The enemy loves this. The enemy wants us to torture ourselves with our pain and suffering. Mistakes, disappointments, grief, you name it; the enemy wants to consume us with it all.
Not Papa.
“He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west. The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him. For he knows how weak we are; he remembers we are only dust.” - Psalm 103:12-14 (NLT)
The closer we are to God, the more we are humbled. Because He loves us with a love none of us deserve. We deserve condemnation, God gives us grace.
We tend to hold grudges, but God releases our sin as far from us as the east is from the west.
If you have been told God is an angry, spiteful God, you have been misled. Does God get angry? Of course He does. Does God avenge evil? Yes He does. Does God forgive the most heinous and egregious sins?
Unbelievably, yes He does.
When we humble ourselves and confess our sins, God not only forgives us, He sweeps them out and tosses them away; gone forever. “He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west. The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him. For he knows how weak we are; he remembers we are only dust.”
Stop beating yourself up for sins God has already forgiven. You are only allowing the enemy to commit burglary by robbing your peace and stealing your joy. Put up your alarm system, and do not allow the enemy who is an identity thief, to break into your heart and thoughts. Anytime you feel the enemy begin to break in and try to steal your joy, reset the alarm code: PS10312. (Psalm 103:12).
Do not allow the enemy to drop your past mistakes into your thoughts. God has already tossed and removed them, permanently.