If we are determined to do our own thing, God will allow us to make bad choices. His desire is for us to experience true life and love, but the choice is ours. God will never take that choice away by making us powerless robots who mindlessly do what He commands. When we make a mess of things, God will not abandon us because it is not His will that any of us should die in sin and addiction. It is God’s desire that every person will find their way to life with Him and experience the joy of His unfailing love.
How do we make the move out of our mess into the will of God? We pray! We admit that we have failed to do what is right. We repent of our sin and turn to God for forgiveness and healing. The amazing truth is that when we pray, God will answer us. God will set us free. We will find the life we have been searching for and the power to live it to the full.
When they pray, God will answer; they will worship God with joy; God will set things right for them again. Each one will say in public, “I have sinned. I have not done right, but God spared me. He kept me from going to the world of the dead, and I am still alive.” (Job 33:26-28 GNT)
Why would God do this? Jesus came into the world to die on a cross to pay the penalty for our sin. As we trust in the finished work of Jesus, repent of our sin and turn away from it, God forgives us and gives us new life.
That has always been His plan – not to condemn and judge us when we stumble and fall into sin but, through Jesus, to forgive us and give us new life that lasts forever.
God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son. Anyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life. God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world. He sent his Son to save the world through him. (John 3:16-17 NIRV)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I am so grateful You desired to save me rather than condemn me. I repent and turn away from my many sins and failures. Please set things right for me, so that I may live in Your presence now and forever. Amen
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