Decisions in the fear of God

When we choose to believe what God says in His Word, the mind is renewed. The liar who has clouded the understanding of this world so that the gospel of Jesus Christ is not known does everything possible so that the Christian lives feeling guilty for the past sins, the disappointments suffered, the losses, the depraved acts of our old nature.

There are also pulpits, which, since they find nothing encouraging to say from God, play the devil in a kind of vain talk conforming to anything except Christ. God raised the sword of his Word to definitively instruct us in this regard. The forgiveness that God propitiated on the cross of Calvary is the door to the greatest exponential of his grace. The Christian knows it, but the devil has been given a little power to tempt us, to test us. Deceptive philosophies come from your mind. "But we have the mind of Christ" (1 Cor 2.16).

When are we going to believe God to truly feel freed from all guilt and sin? If we do not believe that we have truly been freed from the slavery of sin, it is as if we were telling God that his promise of redemption for humanity is a utopia, that Christ died in vain, that his blood did not really have the power to cleanse us from all evil. In the process of sanctification we are going to sin, but we no longer belong to the lineage of the children of disobedience, because now we have a new identity that is consummated in Christ, the Redeemer (the one who paid for our ransom from the slavery of sin).

We have not just freed ourselves from the bondage of sin because the traditions and deceptive philosophies of the world try at all costs to absorb the eternal truths about our liberation. There are still pulpits that preach more sin than God's grace and are constantly reminiscing about the past that Christ erased forever with restorative forgiveness filled with promises and blessings, as well as calls to obedience. As long as you believe that you are "a miserable sinner", the devil will party and you will continue to drag the incomparable grace of God converted into chains of death. Your decisions will reflect the sense of identity and belonging to the Lord of Lords. God's Word says: “But now God, in order to present you holy, blameless, and blameless before him, has reconciled you into the mortal body of Christ through his death, provided that you stand firm in faith, well founded and stable, without abandoning the hope that the gospel offers. (Col 1.22-23).

If you want to know what God says about you as a Christian redeemed by the blood of Christ, I remind you to consider reading in the letter to the Ephesians, chapter 1, verses 3 to 7. What you believe about yourself It will determine the qualitative level of your decisions and the way you face life. We constantly make decisions because of the problems, uncertainties and needs that we need to satisfy and, unfortunately, sometimes impatience and the desire to exercise our own will will lead us down dark paths and dead ends. However, God's word urges us not to trust our own judgment, but rather him and his wondrous mind, thus preventing the inevitable setbacks of folly. Solomon wrote it down for us today: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and not in your own understanding" (Pr 3.5).

The Christian life brings blessing when we ask the Lord for direction in decision-making, knowing that, as heirs to his heavenly offspring, we enjoy a privileged place in his heart. We are not just anything, nor are we second-rate citizens. He wants us to decide for life. Sometimes we don't know what to do because we just haven't taken the time to ask God in prayer. However, Christ affirms us with his extraordinary love: “My sheep hear my voice; I know them and they follow me ”(Jn 10.27).

God bless your Word!