Hey Guys- I just wanted to share a note about something the Lord has been showing me lately. Its a big word, and for you who have been and are public schooled you may not know what it means, but the word is Reconciliation. This is a very important word that I think we overlook a lot of times. What is it? the word mean by definition “to bring into agreement or harmony” Now that you know what it means, you are probably wondering what it has to do with you and me. Well let me tell you. Begin by reading this passage from 2 Corinthians 5:17-20
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, He is a new creation. the old has passed away; the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, God making His appeal through us.”
Guys, if you are like me, the older you get, the more you realize that you really are not a good person and that there is nothing you can do about it. I find that this is a big spot of attack that Satan uses on me. He takes my failures and tears me down with them. He tries to make me feel worthless and unworthy of God’s love to me. Can you relate to that? I hope you can, because the good part about what the enemy is saying is that it is true. At least the part about being unworthy of God’s love to me. But The Awesome part is that God new all my sins when He died on the Cross for me and he forgave them all. He is not supprised when I come up with some new way to sin against Him. Its already covered in His blood. This is where reconciliation comes in. God says some amazing things in these couple verses. Lets be encouraged as we look at a couple.
#1- Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, He is a new creation. the old has passed away; the new has come.
-Now we probably have all heard this verse and you might have been tempted to skim over it because you know it so well, but think about what it says guys, If we know Christ, the old is gone! we are new creations! this is not made up or wishful thinking. Its God’s word and its true. We are new and have the power to overcome sin.
#2- All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to Himself,
Just like the verse states, this oppertunity to get right with God comes strait from God. this is incrediable if you take time to consider what it must be for the LORD of the universe to take the time to make a way for us to know Him. this in its self should get are blood pumping!
#3- not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
This is the best part of the whole verse. he doesn’t count our sins against us when we are right with Him. In fact he goes on to use us to extend his Love to others through us. Now if that is not frogiveness nothing is. its a complete turn around or complete making new of us. we are changed from his enemies to his friends and sevants that do his will. It truly is amazing!
Be encouraged my brothers and sister! The LORD is at work, in the world, in us, and he is returning soon!
