I sat on Thanksgiving morning as my wife, Angie, lead the family in a devotion before we started our day.  This message, in its entirety, is based on the notes I took as she taught us.

 

She made reference to the fact that we can “start over”….that we can begin again.  It is not a new concept but she presented it in a new way.

 

Just as we can restart or reset a computer, we can do that with our own life.  Now, this is not usually true away from God. But it is ALWAYS true with God. He allows us to simply reset….or renew….or, in His words—repent.  Repent is really to turn.  We can simply TURN….We can TURN our life in the direction that we should go.

 

Paul spent some time in Galatians 3 correcting the Galatians—accusing them of “witchcraft”, legalism, and many other things….you can almost sense his frustration as he writes to them…but at the end of the day he communicates what God truly wants to say to us:

Galatians 3  11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.”

 

Many of us are guilty of getting caught in the chaos of life and becoming…..”legalistic”

 

But the reality of the gospel is this:

  • It is for EVERYONE.
  • We are not better than those who live in darkness.
  • It is not aligned with politics.

 

Though we all know these to be true….if you are like me…..you tend to not believe that in your heart.

 

I am guilty of judging.

I am guilty of aligning the Bible with political views.

I am guilty of thinking:  “I have done it ‘right’ …. so I am better.”

 

But God’s reality for all of us is simple:

We are ONLY RIGHTEOUS by Jesus….and we are ONLY RIGHTEOUS by living by faith.

 

In as clear of language as we can understand, God tells us to not live by legalism…..but to live by Faith in Jesus, and Jesus alone.  Isaiah even goes so far as to say in Isaiah 64:6 that our good works are like “filthy rags”.

 

We were created to worship God.

 

Made from nothing to truly be something.

 

God has called us to bring LIGHT and ORDER and BOUNDARIES to a world that has escaped those things and is in dire need of finding something to grab onto to bring back hope.

 

Hit the Reset Button.

 

Ask God to Rebuild Your Life.

 

Because having God “Build Your Life” is the only hope you could ever have.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEuldF9RQ00

 

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J