Do you ever hear someone say – Well, that’s just who I am. I can’t change it. OR- that is my bad habit and I can’t change it.
Do you ever say it yourself?
My answer is yes – all to often, yes.
But it’s not true. It’s a lie straight from the devil.
Isaiah 43:18-19 (NIV) Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
God makes new things. We are not to dwell on the former things. One of my issues is with food – chocolate, mostly. It’s so wonderful whether milk, dark, with sea salt and caramel, with peanut butter. But, sometimes I binge. But God can free me of this. This is not something that I have to live with for the rest of my life. I am a person of God which means I am a new creation and I can exercise the self-control muscle.
Today might be a struggle. Yesterday wasn’t and tomorrow doesn’t have to be. Thank you, Lord, for making me new. Help me to walk with confidence that I am renewed with you. Do a new work within me.
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