Redemption at the Cross
The cross is not just a piece of jewelry. Nor is it simply home décor. It represents a real place, time, and story in our history. It’s a story about redemption.
Life can take a toll on us if we aren’t careful to guard our minds and set our intentions to grow in faith and grace.
Do you spend too much time looking backward, counting the costs? Are you fixated on your losses instead of focusing on everything that has gone and is going right in your life? Or are you so worried about the future that you’re not able to find peace and joy in the present moment? All of these mindsets will keep you stuck and halt your spiritual progress. This is how a growing sense of lack can turn into a personal identity crisis. It’s how many people end up looking in the mirror, not recognizing the person they’ve become.
How do you make peace with your past and yourself? Or exculpate yourself from being a worrier? All of which has cost you in the form of lost years. While the weight of a troubled mind might seem unbearable, there is a solution. There is redemption and restoration. There is a new life waiting for you. It’s at the foot of the cross. We were not meant to travel the lonely road of life alone. We need God in the backdrop of our lives to make any sense of the things in our lives, let alone find meaning. That is because we are created as spiritual beings.
If you’ve made a mess of some things in your life, don’t count yourself out. God specializes in the impossible. He can turn messes into something more beautiful and useful than you could ever imagine (Romans 8:28). He is able to blot out our guilt and restore our joy (Psalm 51:8–9).
If you want to multiply the impact your story and your life can have in the remaining days you have on this planet—to be a beacon of light with an encouraging heart—then ask God to come into your life. Draw near to Him. The thief at the cross, with all his broken pieces, at the very end of his life turned to Jesus who was on the cross next to him and received eternal life.
It is not a sign of weakness to acknowledge that you are human and you can’t possibly go this life alone. Jesus didn’t die on the cross for righteous men, but for sinners like you and me. You are no match for the devil, but the Holy Spirit inside of you is. Where the Holy Spirit resides, the devil has no power.
“Are there not twelve hours in a day? Anyone who walks in the light does not stumble because he sees The Light of the world — Christ. But if one walks in the darkness, he stumbles because the light is not in him” (John 11:9–10).
