Pressing Rewind

Right now, I wish I had a remote that could rewind time to about 12 hours ago when I was snug in my bed fast asleep. Or, I take a fast forward to later on this evening after all my running around is through when I'll get to sit down and relax for a minute.

Sadly for me, that is not life. Yet there are times where God brings back some "rewind" moments to let us know how much we've grown (or how much we're still the same).

You know those times. Like the man you know was not God's plan, the one that had you straight off the path of God, the one you promised God you would leave alone and never get down with again... yeah, him. He's suddenly hitting you up on Facebook, or blowing up your phone. What are you doing?

Or, the times where you have the opportunity to engage in the behavior that you've testified that God has delivered you from. The one that had the vice-grip on your life. And now, space and opportunity have afforded you a prime moment to slip back in without anyone knowing. What are you doing?

Most challenging of all are those times in life when your at your lowest, feeling your weakest, or after a crushing blow from the enemy. It's then that our own minds sometimes push the rewind button and offer up solutions to ease the pain with all of those things that we embraced before we fell in love with the Father. What are you doing?

Keep in mind that at our weakest, God is the strongest. If we choose to cling to Him in the midst of the "rewind" moments, if we choose to ignore our flesh that is crying out for a release, if we stand on the Word and squeeze off the life force to the flesh... we can continue to overcome, continue to experience victory, and continue to grow in God.

We will know that God is able to trust us, and we will see how much we've grown in Him. As we keep passing the "rewind" moments, they begin to lose their power giving us confidence, and the next one is easier to pass through.

Even if we fail the "rewind" moments, rest assured that our loving God will show forgiveness and love us still. We don't have to dwell in condemnation. We just have to move forward determined to continue in God's will, Word, and way surrendering ourselves to the purging fire of His love.

Verse of the Day: I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong... Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 8:21, 24-25a (NLT)