Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Regret


Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret,
but worldly sorrow brings death.
2 Corinthians 7:10

We are incapable of having lived a perfect life, having had a life that reflected the perfect glory of God.  That is no excuse to not strive to be better, nor is it a surrender flag to live in regret.  There are many things that can distress you – none of us are the exception to that.  Those mistakes are a part sin, a God’s Word says, “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 6:23).  So, are we to live a life overwhelmed by the past, consumed by regret?  No!  Again, no! 


The love, mercy, and grace of God is why Christ came to cleanse us.  How is one renewed?  God’s promise is this, “if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Cor 5:17).  Christ’s Spirit moves in us and gives us a clean slate!  No more scribbling, you are His masterpiece.  There are no regrets in Christ, only hope and joy, only forgiveness and restoration, only redemption and righteousness.  When Christ is given control of our life, our very thoughts, then renewal comes, we transform in Him in new life!

To continue in regret is to wallow in guilt, shame, disappointment, sorrow, distress – sin triumphs and leaves you in regret, in need of redemption, repentance, hope, joy … having only the sorrow of the grave, death itself.  Regret is staying in satan’s chains of bondage, regret is rejecting the resurrection to life given in Christ Jesus.  Don’t regret, it only bleeds life from you; the blood of Christ has coved all you could ever regret, and its sorrow in death.  To regret, is to “to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13).

No regret, living in hope,

Owen <><

Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow. He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession. James 1:17-18 NLT