Even if you don't have everything together, rest certain that God sees you as his priceless possession. Your past does not define who you are today. In actuality, from a spiritual viewpoint, who you are today is not determined by your past. It might affect your thoughts, but it doesn't make you who you are. God proclaims our true identity: that we are made in His likeness and in His image, reflecting both the male and female facets of God (according to Genesis 1:26-27).
Allowing your past mistakes to define you will leave
you spiritually disabled. You become burdened, helpless, and ashamed when you
carry guilt for past (or present) transgressions.
But conviction by God’s Spirit is pleasant because it
leads to repentance (2 Corinthians 7:10) and liberty.
God wants to bring glory to Himself via the account of
your tragic past and your redeemed life. As followers of Jesus, we now possess
His Spirit within us, which gives us the ability to transform and become more
like Him. Our prior errors, regrets, and behaviors will no longer have any
influence over us if God is continuing to do a new thing in us.
God is in control because His goals always succeed, regardless of how outrageous our plans may appear to be!
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