COULD YOU REWIND THAT PLEASE

I am quite sure that we could all use a rewind button. We can all probably think of things that we would do different if we had the power to rewind our lives and have a second chance at something. Fortunately and unfortunately we do not have this power. There is no telling how different we would make our lives. The possibilities of what could have been if we would have done just one thing different in our lives are endless. We could sit and imagine how much happier we would be if we had done such and such different. While we could sit and imagine that we would be happier if our circumstances were different there is no guarantee that anything in our lives would be any better if we could redo certain events. As I mature in Christ I begin to realize just how amazing God’s divine guidance really is. God’s care for our lives goes beyond anything we could ever imagine. All the fine details of our lives are being cared for by God almighty Himself. While it may seem like we have messed everything up beyond repair, God specializes in fixing the broken pieces of our lives. In fact God’s specialty is in making things new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 NASB (17) Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. We can see from scripture that when we place our lives in Christ we become brand new. God completely does away with everything that happened outside of Christ and makes us brand new in His Son Jesus Christ. While the world considers us to be the same old person, God knows that we are actually brand new. We may not have a rewind button for this world, but we can rest easy knowing that God does not count our mistakes against us. Hebrews 10:17 NASB "AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR LAWLESS DEEDS I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE." We do not need a rewind button with God. He has paid for our sins with His blood and He now remembers them NO MORE!!! Too many of us are hiding from God because we are burdened with guilt for the things that we have done wrong. In Christ we are brand new and the sins that once put up a wall between us and God are now done away with and God never brings them up again. There is no need for us to be burdened with guilt. In Christ we are made brand NEW.