“I will make a new covenant with My people Israel. I will write My law on their hearts. They will all know Me from the least to the greatest. And I will forgive their iniquity. And I will remember their sin no more.” (Jeremiah 31:31-34)
The choice is yours. You can continue to carry the burden of your sins, or you can allow the Lord to take it from you and set you free, as He wants to do.
Some of you live in grace, not really struggling with past sins. You have given them to God and don’t think about them. You may just need to say, “Lord, for the things I did this past week that took me from the path, and for ways I failed to do what you wanted me to do, please forgive me.” Then simply trust in His grace.
But others of you are carrying heavy burdens from the past. God knows them. Christ has already suffered for them. He stands there, longing to take you into His arms. He’s saying to you, “Please let them go. Please give them to Me.”…
Know that you can come away from the encounter with joy in your heart and a spring in your step – loved, forgiven, and free. And then, “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” (Ephesians 4:32)
After all, that is the good news of the Christian gospel of forgiveness.
-- Adapted from “Forgiveness: Finding Peace Through Letting Go” by Adam Hamilton
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