January
30
Mark
7 - 10
CHANGE
FOR FRESH BEGINNING
MEMORISE:
‘Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord:
though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;
though they
be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.’ (Isa 1:18)
READ: 2 Chronicles 7:11-16
Does
your life seem muddled up? Are you in perpetual torment? You
can have a fresh start! Many times, God allows unpleasant things
to come the way of his children. He uses these to wake up those
who are asleep spiritually and keep them on their toes. Once
you observe such a trend, its high time you returned to God
for a fresh start.
No
matter how bad things are right now in your life, no matter
how hopeless situations may appear, there is light at the end
of the tunnel. However, you may need to change certain things
in your life to earn the desired change you seek.
Go
to God in humility and divorce that attitude of pride. The Bible
says: ‘Pride goes before a fall; a haughty spirit before
destruction.’
King
Ahab was a wicked King in Samaria. He further yielded to his
devilish wife and perpetrated idolatry and all kinds of evil
in Israel. One day, Elijah, the man of God, met him and delivered
God’s judgement on him. 1 Kings 21:27-28 says: ‘And
it came to pass, when Ahab heard these words, that he rent his
clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay
in sackcloth, and went softly. And the word of the Lord come
to Elijah the Tishbite saying, “Seest thou how Ahab humbleth
himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but
in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house”.
Just
because this evil king trembled at God’s judgement and
swallowed his pride, God deferred the judgement he had passed
on him till the era of his son. Humility is very important before
God. To make a new start, pray and seek God’s face and
make a U-turn from the evil way of life that has landed you
in your present mess. When you take these steps, God promises
to hear from heaven, forgive and heal you of whatever he had
allowed to plague you. That way, you are in for a fresh start.
ACTION
POINT
Make a fresh start in any area of your life that is not
right in God’s sight.