I was reading a Max Lucado devotional and came across this quote. “Cast yourself upon the grace of Christ and Christ alone. The saint dwells in grace, not guilt. This is the tranquil soul.” (Calm Moments for Anxious Days: A 90 Day Devotional Journal)
Saints of God dwell in grace, not guilt. What a marvelous gift God has given us – that of His Amazing Grace.
No matter what our past, once we surrender our lives to Christ and walk in His forgiveness, there is no guilt or shame. Those ‘old things’ have been brought under the blood of His cross.
Now we live and rejoice in His salvation. In fact, we are to be “overwhelmed with joy in the Lord [our] God! For he has dressed [us] with the clothing of salvation.” [Isaiah 61:10 NLT]
Every day should be spent overwhelmed with joy in the LORD our God. Every day we should experience the abundant joy that comes from being a child of God. The enemy of our soul, however, works hard to steal that abundant joy. He tries to get us to relinquish it through circumstances, trials, emotions, deceit. He will use every and any tactic in his nasty bag of tricks.
Don’t let him! Instead “cast yourself upon the grace of Christ and Christ alone!” Then the enemy will have to flee!