20TH AUGUST
John 8:10-11 (please read verses 1-11)
“Jesus stood up and said to her, ‘Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?’ She said, ‘No one, Lord.’ And Jesus said, ‘Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.’”
God does not just want to forgive your sin; he wants to change your life!
The fact that Jesus didn’t condemn this woman’s sin does not mean that he didn’t care about it. His intention was to redeem her life from the destructive nature of that sin. And it is the same with you—and the people he has “sent” you to reach!
Yes, Jesus is so ready to pour out his mountain of grace on your life. That grace is so much greater than all your sin, even though you have hurt him deeply and personally. He wants to restore your relationship with him and make it even better than it was before.
Bring your life, and especially that area of sin, back into a total commitment to the leadership of Jesus Christ. Then feel the growth process begin to operate once again. You will be “like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.” (Psalm 1).
MAKE IT PERSONAL:
What bad habit have you let define you? Where in your life do you need God’s mountain of grace right now?