ADMIT YOUR MISTAKES “He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.” Proverb 28:13. Nothing is more draining than denial and nothing is more invigorating than a clean slate. David said, ‘my strength failed because of my iniquity…’ Psalms 31:10. Have you at anytime admitted mistakes or sin committed by you? If you can do it, it has a lot of benefits. One of which is that it turns that mistake around in your favour. Here are the benefits you stand to enjoy when you own up on a mistake: It allows you experience God’s forgiveness: God already knows about them anyway, but He won’t forgive you while you are busy making excuses and shifting blame. John says ‘If we confess... he will forgive our sins…’ – 1 John 1:9. It restores your emotional and physical energy: David’s strength failed because of his iniquity according to Psalms 31:10. Each time you reflect or suddenly remember any concealed mistakes or sin, it saps your courage to face the future. Besides, you become psychologically imbalanced. Hence, you are vulnerable to committing further blunders. It allows you to move on: Confession allows you to hit the ‘reset’ button and start again. It’s also important to draw a line between the past and the future in case you are tempted to repeat your behaviour. Finally, it lets you grow; Thomas Edison said failure taught him over a thousand ways not to make a light bulb! Now hear this, a therapist who graduated 34 years earlier later called the University of Oregon and admitted she had cheated on a final exam. Instead of revoking her degree, the University asked her to write an article on INTEGRITY. Similarly, a woman who completed walk around the world eventually confessed she traveled part-way in a support truck. She said, ‘I should not be remembered as the first woman to walk round the world when I cheated’. If you do not want to be eaten up from within like cancer, make your mistakes work for you instead of against you, starts with confessing them to God and soberly seek His amnesty. Today, God will heal every part of your life that is ailing. Own up now and turn your mistakes around. The Lord will turn your mistakes into miracles and your mess into messages in Jesus’ name. God bless you! Have a fruitful day! Prayer Points Merciful God, I confess my sins today to you; have mercy on me and set me free in Jesus’ name. I know I am not perfect, grant me grace to own up on every blunder I commit in Jesus’ name. Blood of Jesus, heal up my psychological wounds, and deliver me from guilt in Jesus’ name. Today, help me to walk with the consciousness of the need for integrity in Jesus’ name. MY FAVOURITE QUOTES “A life spent in the service of God and communion with Him, is the most comfortable and pleasant life that anyone can live in this world.” – Mathew Henry “When all is said and done and my life is over, all that will have truly mattered is that I made a choice in this life to believe in and serve the Lord Jesus Christ.” – Kerry Livgren The only real measure of your life is the tangible contribution you make on a daily basis – Jeff Hadden
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 07:16:32 +0000
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