Guilt

Guilt

Day 1

Guilt
1. the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, esp. against moral or penal law; culpability: He admitted his guilt. 2. a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrong, etc., whether real or imagined.
3. conduct involving the commission of such crimes, wrongs, etc.: to live a life of guilt.

Philippians 3:12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,

We have all done things that we are ashamed of. There is a tension of our past and future. What we have done and what we want to do. Because our hope is in Christ, we need to let go of our past guilt and look forward to what God wants us to do and become. Don't dwell on your past. Don't bring up others pasts either. Instead, grow in the knowledge of God by concentrating on the now. Your relationship with God is now. You have been forgiven for the past, act that way. If you have been washed clean by his sacrifice and accepted his gift of forgiveness, don't look back. Move on to a life of faith and obedience. Look on to a fuller and more meaningful life because of your hope in Christ. Forgive others so that they may also live fully in their hope in Christ.

Lord, thank you for your Word today. Open up our hearts and minds to grasp this concept of a guiltless life. Lord, I pray that we will learn from you what we as your children can do to rid our lives of guilt. Bring us to our knees in repentance so that we may be washed clean of the past, then lift our eyes upwards to you so that we may live a whole, guilt free life. Freedom feels good, Lord, thank you. Amen.

Please pray for Bobbie W. this week.