The Lord’s Delight

You were not built to bear your own burdens or sins. This is one trick of the enemy. He has sold this idea that being sorrowful and condemned for your wrong doings is true repentance; causing many Christians to suffer depression with feelings of guilt and low self-worth. Repentance has nothing to do with being sorrowful. Repentance is acknowledging your wrong doing, changing contrary thoughts, and taking steps in the Word to avoid repeating the same offence. After you have done this, you are to embrace grace, mercy and forgiveness. Wearing a sad face and feeling condemned robs you of God’s best. Romans 8:1-2 declares, “There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death” (Romans 8:1-2). I love the way the Message Translation puts it; “With the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that fateful dilemma is resolved. Those who enter into Christ’s being-here-for-us no longer have to live under a continuous, low-lying black cloud. A new power is in operation. The Spirit of life in Christ, like a strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air, freeing you from a fated lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of sin and death.” Hallelujah! YOU ARE FREE!