“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28
All things include your failures, your mistakes, and even the attacks of the devil. If you will agree to walk in His purpose, if you’ll love God and endeavor to do what He wants you to do. He can and will turn all the experiences from those things for your good and favor.
Nobody is immune to mistakes, we all make mistakes. But at times it can feel like we are trapped. The solutions for our problems can sometimes seem worse than the problems themselves
Regardless of any mistake you have made…or tragedy that has come into your life…if you will turn to God, He is prepared to take your mistake, your awful circumstance, and turn it into a miracle.
Maybe you have done the wrong thing…you’ve made some wrong choices…you’ve done what you knew you shouldn’t do…and now you’re suffering the consequences of those mistakes. Perhaps those mistakes have led you to circumstances and troubles that seem very grim, I want to bring you a word of encouragement today. In the midst of your trouble, God understands…and He can turn your mistakes into miracles.
In Romans 8, verse 31, Paul goes on to say, what then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Is God for you? Yes, He is.
As Paul then says in verses 32-39:
“He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation [that means your troubles and trials], or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers [those are the same words Paul uses for demon spirits in Ephesians 6], nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
These verses declare that there are only two things you need in order to succeed. One, you must be convinced that God can turn anything you can imagine-any problem, any trial, any situation that came about because of your own mistake or somebody else’s mistake, anything-into a miracle.
And two, you must be completely convinced and persuaded that God loves you unconditionally. My friend, no matter what life may have thrown your way, you can be more than a conqueror through Him who loves you.
Life is like learning how to swim. What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, don’t you? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you start swimming without drowning, I can still remember how I had it very tough when I was learning how to swim.
You may have made mistakes, but God still believes in you, loves you and has an amazing future in store for you. Frankly, I have made many mistakes in my life. If you learn from your mistakes, God can turn your mistakes to work for your good.
Instead of weeping or regretting for the life that has passed, learn from it to find strength in the Lord. Don’t regret your past; God can use it to shape you
You can’t change what happened to you in the past. You can’t go back and manipulate things to the way you wanted them to happen. But you can choose to let go of the past and go on to have a fulfilling life. Healing is possible and life is too precious to waste any of it regretting the past.
For me, life is a journey toward my ultimate purpose and destiny, to experience Christ to the fullest. I believe that God is the source of blessing, goodness, and security. I believe He is working everything out for my good and nothing — not even my own mistakes will stop Him from freely giving me every blessing He intends for me.
When God restores you, He does so in a way that suddenly you see yourself walking in a glorious light and you can hardly recall how dark your life was. When you move into the fullness of your appointment with God’s destiny, you will be loosed to do and to be what God has appointed you to be. Expect the part 2 of this piece next week by His grace. Stay free from fear and worries. God loves you.