Good Morning All,
Colossians 1:22; “he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his
death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before
him”
What would happen if you fell and broke
your arm? For most of us, we would go to
the hospital. We would go to the x-ray
and then after they found the break, we would go to the doctor and have him put
us in a splint or put a cast on it. We would
take our time and then let it heal until it was strong enough to use
again. You would take the time to heal.
We would never think about leaving a broken
arm or a broken leg unattended to. We
would never think that it does not matter.
We would never leave it broken so every time we bumped it; we would feel
the pain all over again. Every little
twist or bump, whether intentional or accidental, would cause us pain and maybe
even cause us to remember how we broke our arm or leg. We would not let it go untreated; we would do
what it takes to make it heal. So why
don’t we try to heal our relationships as well.
Jesus came into this world to bring an end
to the wall of separation that existed between man and God. By offering his body as a sacrifice, he
reconciled us back to God. Because of
his sacrifice, we can stand before God whole, holy, and blameless. We are before him as his dear children. The brokenness of the sin which separated us
from God has been healed. It is by his
grace and mercy that we can come to him in all boldness and approach his throne
as children approach their parents.
Since God has healed our pain and our
brokenness; since he has made us whole; He gives us the power to heal the
brokenness in our relationships with our brothers and sisters. Just as he heals us to stand before him in a
loving relationship; he empowers us to heal the relationships with those around
us. The brokenness, all the pain that
occurs because we fail to heal the break, can be healed. This is done best by focusing on the
forgiveness that is ours through Jesus.
Since we are forgiven, we need to look at all of our relationships
through the lens of our forgiveness.
Since we are forgiven and are forgiven so much; we have the power in our
hands to forgive those around us, we just need to have the desire in our
heart.
We have been given the power to change the
desire of our heart from selfishness to loving.
We have been given the opportunity to desire the love of God to pour
through us. This is what God desires for
us, to live our life in the fellowship of each other. God desire is for all of us to live in peace
together. By forgiving our sins, he
enables us to forgive our brother.
Father of all goodness, your
mercies are new to us each day. They
roll over us like a river. Through your
gift of redemption, you have brought us back to be your children. Enable, empower, and encourage us to rebuild
the relationships with our brothers and sisters. Be with those who are struggling at this
time. Be with those who are broken and
distraught. Heal them with your
Spirit. In the precious name of Jesus,
our risen savior, amen.
God’s Peace,
Pastor
Bret
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