Does God give us second chances? The answer is a resounding, YES! While we can’t go back in time, God does allow us to reset and start fresh. Jesus once said that if someone asks for forgiveness, we should forgive them “seventy times seven” times. His mercies are renewed every morning.
Lamentations 3:21-24
Yet I call this to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed,
for His mercies never fail. They are new every morning;
great is Your faithfulness! “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in Him.”
I was thinking about this, that each day we get to have a reset. We can either do the same thing we did the day before or we can do something different. There is a movie, “50 First Dates,” Its called that because the person wakes up each morning and has forgotten everything that happened in the past. She goes through the same routine over and over. But do we want to live our lives like that. Each day we don’t get better, we don’t do anything different, and the clock keeps ticking. We aren’t getting any younger. Our behaviors are the same as when we were elementary school till we die. Now, that isn’t how God created us. We are to be perfected each day. We are supposed to be better at life, a better person. When we are saved. We are blessed with a total reset. Jesus wipes our slates clean, all our debts are paid.
When we accept Christ, we are given a true reset. Jesus wipes our slate clean; all our debts are paid. But do we take that opportunity to step into a new creation in Christ, or do we fall back into old routines? As Paul said, once we’ve left our past behind, we are no longer the person who sinned. We can choose today to become better, to live a life that honors God. Every morning, we have a new chance to grow and transform in Him.
God loves you so much that every time you spend time with him he changes you. He does something to make us better out of love. God loves us deeply. Every time we come to Him, He shapes us, just like a loving parent who adjusts their child’s shirt or brushes away a smudge with care. God tends to us, healing us and making us whole. We are His pride and joy.
God is love and wants the best for you. He wants to see His children doing well. Healed and made whole and holy. You are his pride and joy.
Lord, we come to you with open hearts, without fear of judgment. You didn’t send Your Son to condemn us but to heal and restore us. Take whatever is within us and make it a little better each day. Your mercies are new every morning, and we thank You for these resets, these new chances at life and love. Amen!
