Firing The Committee In My Head

We’ve all done things we are not proud of.  Some of us feel like we have done more wrong than others or have been doing wrong much longer than others.  Shame is an overwhelming emotion that the evil one encourages us to wallow in.  The many voices of shame are relentless in their accusations against us. The committee in our head starts up as soon as we wake up in the morning and doesn’t shut up until we manage to get to sleep again.  When we proclaim that God is in charge, one of the first things God will do is fire the committee in our head.  

God has given us a new start in life because He loves us.  He’s been waiting for us to turn away from our destructive habits and bad attitudes and, when we turn to Him for forgiveness and saving, He’s eager to get on with the job.  He knows we’ve been a wreck. As the verse says, we were “dead in our transgressions.”  But, God’s grace is greater than our sin – by far!! 

When God says we are saved, we are saved.  When God forgives, we are forgiven.  When God heals, we are made completely whole.  It’s not something we have to produce in ourselves, it is God’s gift to us.  The greater the wreck we are, the more brilliantly God’s love will shine on us and through us when we have accepted and been saved by His amazing grace.

So, the next time the committee in our head tries to speak, we get to hold our head high and turn off the noise by saying, “Because of God’s great love for me, I’ve been made alive in Christ.  I’m washed clean.  I’m a new creation.  That old me is gone and this new me is the beloved son/daughter of God.”

Prayer: Lord Jesus, I am so grateful to live in Your love today and to hold my head high remembering that my old self is DEAD.  I am a new person because of Your finished work on my behalf.  Please help me live my new life in the joy of Your salvation. Amen

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