A couple of months ago, I took my van in to a shop and had work done on it. They replaced the rack and pinion steering column, power steering pump and realigned it.
I’d been driving for a while with my steering getting worse every day, particularly when parking. When I picked up my vehicle, I couldn’t believe how it handled with ease. It turned on a dime. I believe now my power steering was close to going out. So much for that saying, “If it’s not broke don’t fix it.” I just didn’t think it was that bad. I grew accustomed to it. Where am I going with this story?
I say all this to say, sometimes it’s our life that needs fixing. We’re not always aware of it. In the case of my van, I became aware when it started getting worse. However, I still put it off thinking it’s not that bad. I deceived myself. In our lives, we can do the same thing.
In the case of my power steering, if I put it off any longer, I wouldn’t have had power. That would have been rough. In life, things can get rough too, but we can’t afford to ignore the problem. We cannot wait until there is a breakdown in our lives.
Driving my van with these new parts was freeing. I didn’t have to work at it. It was effortless.
Have you ever just wanted to dump the weight you’ve been carrying on your shoulders? We all have wanted do-overs in life. The good news is you can have one. You can release the past and start all over with a clean slate.
There is one, who loves us like no one else. He doesn’t want us to carry our burdens, past mistakes, our hurts and pains. He is the one who created us. He hurts when we hurt. The God of universe loves us so much— that He gave His only Son to take it all. He took every burden and the weight of sin. You may be saying, “But you don’t know what I have done?” It doesn’t matter, Jesus took these things to the cross and He said it is finished. He died to give us freedom from these things.
This Christmas season, people are buying many gifts from the mall and on line. These gifts will quit working, break, wear out, etc. You get my point.
John 3:16 NKJ. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
God’s gift, unlike the ones you are purchasing this holiday season, will not pass away. He wants you to receive his Son Jesus Christ, His free gift He gave to the world. Jesus took our burdens, shame, mistakes we made and every sin any of us would commit, upon Himself.
Do you want to walk in this freedom that God provided for everyone? Jesus Christ is the answer. Salvation is God’s free gift He provided for all. It’s your choice. The one who can help is waiting for you, with open arms. God wants to have a relationship with you too. John 14:6 NKJ. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
John 3:16 told us we must believe. Do you believe He is the Son of God that died for us? The good news He rose again. He lives in the hearts of those who have received Jesus Christ. He can live in your heart today if you want Him too.
The first step is to— believe He is the Son of God who died for us. Ask God to forgive you for all your sins. (Know that we all have sinned and come short of God’s glory.)” Then ask Jesus to come into your heart to live. Ask God to fill you with His Holy Spirit.
Romans.10: 8-10 NKJ. “But what does it say? The word is near you. In your mouth and in your heart” (that is the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
For those of us, who have received Jesus in our hearts, we too must choose daily to walk in the freedom He has given—to just let things go.
My van’s power steering was going out. I finally got sick and tired of it and had it fixed. The difference was like day and night. We can’t do things in our own power. We don’t have the strength or ability to fix our own stuff. We need the power of the Holy Spirit working in our lives.
If you have been blessed by this post, I encourage you to share it with your friends and family this Christmas season.
May God Bless and Keep You
D.K. Segraves