A Fresh Start

There is a car dealership that had a commercial on the local radio station that was advertising a program that they have to offer a, "Fresh Start", to those who had have credit problems in the past.  The program is designed to help people to buy a vehicle that previously couldn't because of bad credit.  I got to thinking about the term, "Fresh Start".

We all could use a fresh start, couldn't we?  Thankfully, God offers us a fresh start though Jesus Christ.  We have all sinned against a Holy and Just God.  We have all been born with a sin nature.  Our hearts are bent away from God from birth.  We are all deserving of being eternally separated from God.  God made a way for us to be reconciled back to Himself by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to this world on a great rescue mission to save each one of us from our sins.

We are getting closer to the time of the year when we celebrate the first coming of Jesus Christ.  Jesus was born of a virgin in the small town of Bethlehem.  Jesus didn't start existing when we was born into this world.  Jesus has always existed.  He has no beginning and no end.

Each one of us can have a fresh start by placing our faith and trust in Jesus Christ.  The Lord may even give us fresh starts throughout our walk of faith with Him.  He may have us leave our family and friends and send us out into the mission field.  He may call us to serve Him as a Pastor in another area of the country or the world.  No matter what the Lord calls us to do and no matter where He sends us we can know that He will equip us with everything that we need to accomplish His will in His timing.  We can also know that He will take care of those family members and friends that we end up leaving behind.  There is nothing too difficult for our God.

Serving the Lord is not always an easy task.  Sometimes there are hard choices to make.  Sometimes other people may not understand what the Lord wants us to do, but we must not allow what other people think to deter us from serving the Lord wherever He calls us.  We must be obedient to the Lord even if what He is calling us to do doesn't make sense to us or others.

There will be times when we stumble and fall in our walk with the Lord as believers.  We must confess our sins to Him and repent of them and continue in our walk with our focus on Jesus.  God is good and He is faithful.  The Lord will lead us and direct our steps.  The Lord wants us to be obedient to Him and His call on our lives.  We can trust Him to take care of us and we can trust Him to provide for us.

Maybe you feel the Lord is calling you to step out of your comfort zone in some way and you are a little afraid.  We all get afraid especially when the Lord is calling us to do something that seems hard and difficult and beyond our abilities.  We are weak in our own strength, but God can use anyone of us for His Glory.  He only asks that we be obedient to His call and trust Him.

Lord, Heavenly Father,
Thank You for giving us a chance of a fresh start by receiving Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.
We praise Your Holy Name.
Lead us and guide us to where it is You would have us to go and serve You.
Open a door of opportunity for us to serve You.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.