A New Day Dawns

I have always been fond of telling people that one of the exciting things about having Jesus as your saviour is that every day is a new day.  We don't need to be caught in the trap of being in bondage to the mistakes and regrets of the past.  We have forgiveness through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.  That is the good news - God's mercies are indeed new every morning.  There is however, a flip side to this matter.  Like any relationship here on earth we cannot count on the past to simply carry us through the future.  God is looking not for our track record but rather for an ongoing relationship that begins new each morning as we wake up.  It is never how we start the race that counts at the end of the day, but rather how we finish it.  Remember what it is like to be newly in love?  Of course that energy  and  those feeling do not last forever.  On the other hand my experience of true love is that it changes and grows deeper every day.  Is your love for Jesus growing deeper every day and are you growing that relationship every day, or are you relying on past history to take care of the future?

In the past there have been those who have relied on their birthright or the heritage of their parents to keep them right with God. To those people Jesus said:  "And do not think you can say to yourselves, 'we have Abraham as our father.'  I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham." (Matthew 3:9)

May the Lord bless you with knowing him more today.