Fruit Day 9
8 For if these
things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these things
is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from
his old sins.
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Peter 1:8-9
Because Christ gave His life, we have access to the
forgiveness of our sins! However, knowing this fact does not prevent us from
remembering our past faults, even though they have been forgiven. We may
struggle to move forward because we feel chained to the weights of our past. With
these weights, we are restrained from being fully fruitful. This is not the
behavior of someone who is free in Christ, but of someone who is still a slave,
shackled by sin.
Let us remember that through Christ, we may be freed from the
weight of our failures, embarrassments, and former choices. When we are focused
on all that Christ has done for us, we have the tools to be fruitful. Christ
allows our pains to be removed through his spiritual surgery, yet we remain
whole. That place of pain may be replaced and filled with the Holy Spirit’s
comfort.
Like the music artist Lecrae, let us proclaim, “I volunteer
for your sanctifying surgery. I know the Spirit’s purging me of everything
that’s hurting me.” Let us be
purged so that we may grow in Christ.
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