Broken Pieces: Repairing the Damage of InfidelitySample

During my time as a communications consultant over the past 20 years, God has afforded me the privilege of working with some of the world’s largest telecommunications companies. I’ve been blessed to have a seat at the table with some of the most brilliant minds in the telecom industry. One of the cool things that came with my role was being privy to new technology and having hands-on experience with previewing the latest and greatest smartphones and tech gadgets in the industry. One of the things I found most intriguing about my experience was no matter how mind-blowing or amazing some of these devices were or how intuitive and cutting-edge they seemed to be, they were still susceptible to viruses, spyware or malfunctioning and oftentimes required a factory reset and regular software updates in order to perform at its maximum capacity. I know I sound like a geek but stay with me, I’m going somewhere with this.

Throughout our lifetime as human beings living in a sinful world, we are often exposed to images, thoughts and experiences that impair our spiritual perception and we are eventually drawn away by our own lust and sinful desires. We lose sight of the fact that we were fearfully and wonderfully made in the image and likeness of God our Creator. Our appetite for the things of the world stifles our hunger for the things of God and His word and before we know it, we are susceptible to carnal thoughts, worldly living and sin is the result of our straying away and lack of discipline. We begin to malfunction and perform at our lowest capabilities and if we don’t get help, we are soon to self-destruct. That’s why every once in a while we need a factory reset and firmware update. A time of repentance and renewal. Allowing the Holy Spirit to rid us of our old way of thinking, our old way of living and restore us back to our default settings. Back to the place where we had communion with God. Back to the place of seeking His face and daily devotion in His word. The bible says in 2 Corinthians 5:17 “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creation. Old things have passed away and behold, all things have become new.” When we repent of our sin and give our lives to Jesus, He restores us the joy of our salvation, renews our minds and gives us a new life. The old is gone and the new has come. But for many of us, we find it very difficult to accept this truth. We continue to carry the weight of our past and never really allow ourselves to accept the fact that we are forgiven and we are now a free man. No longer bound by the chains and shackles of our past. Psalms 103:2 says, “As far as the east is from the west, so far God has removed our transgressions from us.” I don’t know about you but for me, this is worth shouting about!

The devil will try his best to remind you of your past failures or your past mistakes. He continues to tell you that you really haven’t changed and the mistakes you made in your past are too bad for God to forgive or that you will never be a faithful husband or a good father because it's not in your bloodline. He whispers things like, “Your father was also unfaithful and promiscuous and your grandfather was a womanizer. Your whole family is dysfunctional so what makes you any different?” These are all the lies he tries to tell you. That’s why it is so important for you to refer back to the manual and find in Romans 5:20 where it says, “where sin abounds, grace much more abounds.” Or turn over to John 6:37 where we find Jesus saying, “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.” Man of God, when you give your life to Jesus, He has the power to do exceedingly and abundantly far above anything you could ever ask, think or imagine. There is nothing you’ve done in your past that is not washed under the blood He shed for you. And as the old adage goes, “When the devil tries to remind you of your past, you remind him of his future.”

NEXT STEPS: Forgive yourself. You are not your past. YOU ARE FORGIVEN. What Jesus did on the cross was enough and if you have sincerely repented from your sins and turned from your old ways, God will restore you back to Himself with open arms.