Romans 8:28-31
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love
him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God
foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that
he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he
predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he
justified, he also glorified. 31 What, then, shall we say in response to these
things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
How have you seen other people overcome their failures
to pursue God’s call on their lives? We’ve all made bad decisions, but none
of those sins can removed God’s call on your life. You were saved for a
purpose, and God is greater than your sins. Moses found out his calling
and ended up killing a man because he wasn’t willing to follow God’s plan
and timing, but that didn’t remove God’s call on His life. Yes, there are
consequences to our sins and Moses spent forty years in the desert to
humble and prepare him for God’s calling. The calling the Lord gave you at
birth, the one he reaffirmed when you came to faith in Jesus, is the calling
he gives you forever. When Moses was leading God’s people out of Egypt,
Pharaoh change his mind and chased them to the sea. The people were
terrified and blamed Moses for their situation. Then in Exodus 14 the
Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to
move on. 16 Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to
divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry
ground. 17 I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in
after them. And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through
his chariots and his horsemen. 18 The Egyptians will know that I am
the Lord when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his
horsemen.” As we know, Pharoah’s army was defeated by God.
You were called according to His purpose, not yours. That means that
nothing can defeat God’s plan. God will redeem our past and use it to
accomplish his will when we humble our will to His. Some of us spend forty
years in the desert and for others, it’s forty days. Chose to humble yourself
and live out God’s truth, If God is for me, who can be against me.
What mistake from your past do you most fear God can’t use? Repent
