Meditate
On
Fresh Grace for Every Failing
The
faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness;
his mercies begin afresh each morning.
Lamentations
3:22–23, NLT
My
friend, here’s some more good news: every time you fail, there is fresh grace
from Jesus to rescue you. Every time you fall short, confess your righteousness
in Jesus by faith. I know you probably won’t feel particularly righteous, and
that is why you need to say it by faith.
I have
received so many testimonies of breakthroughs from people around the world who,
even as they succumb to their addictions, would confess, “Even right now, I am
the righteousness of God in Christ” and eventually found freedom from their
bondages. It could be a smoking addiction or an alcohol or pornography
addiction. Michael, a brother in Australia, happily shared, “I have just given
up smoking by following what you’ve taught in your books and DVDs (about being
conscious of and confessing my righteousness in Christ) whenever I was tempted
to smoke. I have also been set free from twenty years of drug and alcohol abuse
and am free of paranoid thoughts. I couldn’t give them up through my own
efforts, but through Christ I have.”
The
more these people confessed and saw themselves as righteous in Jesus, even in
the midst of their failings, the more they came to see their true identity in
Christ. The dead leaves began to fall, and they came to the place where they
didn’t have any desire to ever smoke another cigarette, drink another drop of
alcohol, or visit another pornographic website. New leaves, new flowers, and
new fruits unconsciously and effortlessly sprang up in their lives. Grace put
an end to the barrenness and torment of winter and ushered in perpetual spring
for them.
Beloved,
if you are grappling with something right now, stop struggling and start
receiving. Start receiving the abundance of the Lord’s unmerited favor. Start
receiving the free gift of His righteousness. Start receiving the cleansing
power of His forgiveness. There is nothing for you to do but to soak it all up
and to allow His resurrection power to drive out every symptom of death and
decay in your circumstances and in your life.
Can I
give you an assignment today? Every time you fail, come into God’s presence and
pray today’s prayer. His grace will lift you up!
BLESSINGS
JOSEPH
PRINCE
