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"I messed up again!" How many times have you uttered those words? If those words have crossed your lips or your mind, I am sure if you are like me, it has happened more times then you care to think about. There are those times we say "stop even thinking about it" or "your attitude is going to get you in trouble" or "if you don’t get yourself out of this situation you are going to regret it later". None of us are capable of keeping ourselves free of wrongdoing on our own. Unfortunately we all know that. Sometimes we hate to admit it, but we realize that we can’t cleanse ourselves after we mess up.
We know God cannot stand the sight of sin. In the moment Christ died on the cross He became sin for us, separated from God because God could not stand to be a part of sin. (Mk 15:34 , Matt 27:46 ) So then what confidence do we have that He is going to forgive us once again when we mess up? Mercy. Hebrews 4:15-16 says "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." (Heb 4:15-16 NIV ) If we are confident in God’s promises, and willing to remain on His Anvil, then we know He is going to fulfill His promise to give us mercy and grace when we mess up.
When God molds us part of the process is removing things He doesn’t like looking at in our lives. If we believe that, then we need to go to Him and say "I messed up again!" when we do. Why? Because like us, He understands what being tempted is, but unlike us, He is without sin. He is capable of helping us in our time of need, removing from us that burden, and giving us the mercy we seek. Then, once we receive that mercy, we need to ask Him to keep molding us into the person He desires for us to be, remembering that we need Him to accomplish that task in our lives. Mercy is often followed by a lesson. It is in the lesson that we learn how to be the person God desires us to be. Once we have gone to the Lord and cried out "I messed up again" and received His mercy, we need to be people listening for the lesson by ensuring we are in prayer.
If this is the first time you have ever gone to God and said "I messed up", or if you are thinking about it, you can read about the first time I did the very same thing at Reaching Home Plate Safe .
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