FRIDAY May 1, 2009

If you are like me, I don’t like starting all over again…well, sometimes. While playing video games where I am losing I can’t wait to start over. That gives me a better chance of winning the next time. Maybe you are at a place in your life where you want to start over but don’t really know how to do it. You have a relationship that’s gone bad and you want to start over either with that one or just break-up altogether. You have a class schedule that is wearing you down and you cant wait until finals are over to start over next semester. Maybe you have just gotten into some legal trouble and you don’t know how to start over. Well starting over in the natural begins with starting over spiritually. The Bible tells us in I John 1:8-9 that “If we claim that we’re free of sin, we’re only fooling ourselves. A claim like that is errant nonsense. On the other hand, if we admit our sins—make a clean breast of them—he won’t let us down; he’ll be true to himself. He’ll forgive our sins and purge us of all wrongdoing.” (Mssg Bible) What that means is that if we give our mistakes to God, and be honest about them, He’ll give us a brand new start. We really do get to start over.
Now once we start over with God, He opens our eyes and our lives to things that we never imagined before. We also get stuff that we never dreamed we would get. God has a way of giving us what we need when we need it.
So today as we mark the beginning of a brand new month, let’s make a brand new start being committed to Jesus and His way of doing things. As a matter of fact, Jesus promised that if we “Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, [God will] give you everything you need.” (Matthew 6:33-NLT). Go ahead and hit the reset button and start all over today ad make things better. Make this Friday a “re-F.R.E.S.H.” Friday!