What happens when we delay going to the Father our sin turns into guilt, guilt turns into shame. The father does not want us to live in shame. Shame will overwhelm us, it makes us feel trapped and alone.
We can approach the cross in confidence. The confidence comes from knowing God is a loving God, and our sins are forgiven already.
Picture a child has been sent to his room, he or she has to wait for his/her Father comes home. The child broke something, or did something wrong. How is the kid feeling? The child is in his/her room feeling guilty, and that guilt is turning into shame.
The Father comes home, walks upstairs and into the child’s room. The shame of the child brings him/her to tears, unable to express the remorse and sorrow he/she is feeling.
The father picks the child up, wipes away the tears. He understands the pain, remorse. “I love you,” says the father, “I know you are sorry, please try not to do it again.” “I Love you and I know you are better than this.”
The child was forgiven before the father walked up the stairs, before he drove into the driveway, before the father left work.
Shame brought the child to tears. We do not have to hold onto this shame. We confess our sin to the Father who has already forgiven our past and future sins.
“I love you, please try not to do it again”
“I love you, you are so much better than this”
God love us so much. He sent is Son not only to bring us back to him but to show us the life that God wants us to have. Bringing heaven to earth.
God sees how our lives could be.
Believing that God loves us changes our actions. Believing in God and in Jesus and in the Holy Spirit gives us the power, confidence, strength to create heaven on earth.
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