Let's be real, we all have mess in our lives. That is why the Lord sent down his son to take our shame, guilt, pain, and mess. God loved us so much he did not want us to live in the mess anymore!
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.” Romans 3:23-24 Did you catch that? ALL HAVE SINNED. We are all messed up! We have fallen short, and there is nothing WE can do to fix the problem because the problem is way bigger than ourselves. My favorite part of this verse is that we are justified FREELY by his GRACE. There is nothing we can do and yet Jesus payed the ultimate price. He covered all our sin past, present, and future. All of sin was taken away when Jesus died on the cross. He did not die for everyone but for EVERY ONE and each mess that we had to offer. However, we are still sinful. The reality is that we create mess even as Christ followers. The mess does not just evaporate after Jesus’s sacrifice we must work through it with God. We are living in a fallen world and mess happens, but we do not have to live in it. Jesus’s sacrifice is so amazing because he gave us a way out of our mess. We did not have to be owned by it, identified with it, or shamed because of it. We are FREE. Are you living free? John 8:36 “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” Even though we live in a sinful world the Lord has given us the ability to live FREE. We do not need to be ashamed of our burdens, our mistakes, and pain. We are supposed to be in fellowship with one another and be transparent. Honestly, from personal experience I feel the most free when I share what I am struggling with, with someone else. It feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders and it is FREEING. After going to Women of Faith a week ago I realized the women on stage were real. They never put on a fake act they openly shared their struggles with us and each other. I could see their bond of freedom because they openly shared their messiness with us. I latched on to that because I think we are lacking that in our church, families, and friendships. People are still stuck in their mess that they do not want to be exposed with so they shut the door. They keep their mess on the inside and look good on the outside. We hide because we are afraid. We are afraid of what others will think. Christ followers should never show judgment, yet we are messed up and still sin. We have been shown the most grace and yet do we live out by showing that amazing grace to others who are in desperate need of it? Or have we taken the role of judge? We need to be reminded that we are all SINFUL. And will continue to be until the day we meet face to face with our Savior and King. We must be vulnerable in order to help people in our church, families, and friends find freedom. Let us open the door to share our messiness because sharing it can relieve the pain and the weight of it. That is what the Lord wants after all. He wants us not to be stuck but to be free in community with one another. “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” James 5:16 Why are we trying to hide? We all have messiness. We all our sinners. Let us love each other with Christ’s love and help one another live in the freedom that God has promised us through his son Jesus.
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Free indeed. Great article and a great reminder of who we are in Christ. In the song "overwhelmed" by Big Daddy Weave there is a verse that says "unashamed because of your mercy" Unashamed, indeed, Free indeed. When we share our "messes" with others instead of trying to cover up our messes and think we are "looking good or better than most" we are deceiving ourselves and growth does not occur. 2 years ago by the power of the Holy Spirit and Him alone on Easter Sunday I publicly shared my past life's "mess" in front 500 people and I received 20+ calls from fellow broken people looking for Freedom. To this day most of them have been set Free!
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