When we come to believe that God forgives and saves us through Jesus and choose to turn our will and our life over to His care, God makes us His own. We belong. We become those who can identify ourselves as “His people.”
Look at my Servant, whom I have chosen. He is my Beloved, who pleases me. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations ... his name will be the hope of all the world. (Matthew 12:18, 21 NLT)
God also promises that when we ask Him to remove our sin and character defects, and pray with humility for His help and guidance, He will hear us. He will forgive us. He will make our lives prosper again.
If my people who are called by my name become humble and pray, and look for me, and turn away from their evil ways, then I will hear them from heaven. I will forgive their sin and heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14 ERV)
After living so long under the cloud of attacks and slurs on our reputation and other’s negative labels about who we are because of what we have done, it’s hard to hear the possibility of something wonderful coming alive in us and being lived out in new habits in recovery. One part of what God is restoring in us is a true perspective of our current and future life. We may struggle to come out from under the burden of failure and inferiority, but God knows us well and invites us to pray for the hope to believe in a better future and His ability to guide us into it.
We were created to know joy and satisfaction and to be part of God’s beautiful plan of blessing others. Our future is assured when we hope in God and put our trust in His ability to transform our wrecked lives into lives that benefit both ourselves and others.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, You have been so kind to lift me out of the despair and darkness of my past life. Help me to believe that Your power working in me can bring about this wonderful future that You promise me. Open my mind to the truth and help me experience this hope both today and in the future. Amen
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