Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 365
February 6, 2018///
Have you ever made such a mess that you thought it could never get cleaned up?
I remember several years ago I was removing a bag of flour from the cabinet above the stove and it dropped from my hand covering our kitchen with flour. The result was so dismaying that I just stood there and could not even make a comment.
My response was to just start from the furthest place and work my way to the stove and counter cleaning as I went.
Eventually the flour was cleaned up and the kitchen was cleaner because of it.
I am sure each of us can think of times our children have made incredible messes making cookies or playing or even eating but they all got cleaned up.
I want to purpose to you to that when we bring the messes of our life to God the Father, He can and will clean them up.
He will “Turn Your Messes into Blessings!”
That is the thought I want to explore with you. Many times, when we have messed up or made wrong choices or have just plan rebelled, we figure that has scarred us for life and we are just struggling through each day.
However, we must understand: that is a lie from the enemy of our soul! The one who wants to ruin our lives and make us miserable. The one who’s goal is to pull you down to hell or if he cannot do that to make you ineffective by weighing you down with guilt and shame.
We are an imperfect people serving a perfect God and when we allow Him to lead us and listen and follow His word we will make less messes, but in our imperfectness, we are all subject to messing up and in those times, Jesus tells us to come to Him and lay all our cares and concerns and mess-ups at His feet and He will give us rest.
Matthew 11:28 (KJV)
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
1 Peter 5:7 (KJV)
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Not only will the one who loves us most and knows us best relieve all the concern and guilt about the messes we have made: being the Creator of all that is good and giving His best for our salvation, He can fix it!! Even though there may be consequences for our actions, He can use those as a Blessing.
There is an old Gospel song that says:
“Let Jesus fix it for you, He knows Just what to do.
Whenever you pray, let Him have His way, and He will fix it for you.”
The word of the living God: The Bible says:
Romans 8:28 (KJV)
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
When we love God and bring all our cares to Him we are the called. His purpose is that all are called to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ.
All things that happen are not good and all the choices we have made in our lives have not been good and all the rebellious things we have done have not been good.
BUT….the good news is that our Heavenly Father, the Master Potter can take those things and mold them into BLESSINGS instead of messes.
How??? If we knew that we would be God. Since we do not know, our responsibility in our messes is to come to the Father in the name of Jesus and release all that we have messed up to Him.
I assure you He can turn it into a Blessing. Let Him surprise you with His ability to make all things new and right!
I challenge you to take your mistakes, your desires for do-overs and just come and cast them on Him and really let it go!
Take the advice of the children’s movie and “LET IT GO”!
Believe and receive the Father’s ability to fix it and you go on to fulfill the plan He has for you.
Paul the Apostle said it Best:
Philippians 3:13-14 (KJV)
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
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Father, I come to you in the name of your precious son Jesus Christ. I release all the mistakes and failures in my life to your Lordship and refuse to pick them up again. Thank you that you can turn everything the enemy means for bad and turn it around for our good and your Glory. May we understand that you are able to do more than we could ever think in our minds. May each one who reads this walk in you Glory and spread that Glory to a world who needs you desperately! Amen
Have an awesome week! Love, Me-Maw
THOUGHTS FROM SKYDIVING MEMAW 