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Christian, Lay Down Your Guilt

Guilt is dangerous in that it destroys faith. The enemy of our souls is not at all interested in making Christians into adulterers, addicts or prostitutes. He is interested in one thing only, and that is turning Christians into unbelievers. He uses the lusts of the body to bind the mind.

Satan did not want Job to become an adulterer or an addict to pain pills or a wine guzzler. No, Satan wanted one thing of Job: he wanted him to curse God! He wanted to destroy Job’s faith in God.

So it is today. Our real battle is not really with sex, alcohol, drugs or lust. It is with our faith. Do we believe God is a deliverer? His promises true? Is there freedom from sin? 

Satan wants you to be so crushed with guilt that you let go of your faith. He wants you to doubt God’s faithfulness. He wants you to think nobody really cares, that you will live in misery and

heartbreak, that you will always be a slave to your lust, that God’s holiness is unreachable, that you are left alone to work out your own problems, that God no longer cares about your needs and feelings. If he can get you to the point of despair, he can flood you with unbelief. Then he has succeeded in his mission.

Take heart, child of God. The most important move you will ever make in your life is the move you make right after you fail God. Will you believe the accuser’s lies and give up in despair, or will you allow yourself to receive the forgiving flow of God’s love that you preach so much to others?

What is it that stands between you and God? Is it a secret sin? Lust? Doubt? Fear? Anxiety? What is the cause of your guilt? Be willing to lay it down in surrender at the foot of the cross. Have a funeral right there; do your hurting and dying; then rise up in obedience, and walk in the Spirit. God will not let you down. He will replace that empty place with something far better, something pleasing to his own heart, something providing more joy to you than what you gave up.

Lay down your guilt, my friend. You don’t need to carry that load another minute. Open up all the doors and windows of your heart, and let God’s love in. He forgives you over and over again. He will give you the power to see your struggle through to victory. If you ask, if you repent, you are forgiven! Accept it now.