“In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be ashamed.
In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me
Incline Your ear to me and save me.
Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come;
You have given commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.”
Psalm 71:1-2
Shame is born out of our old nature, the flesh. When
you asked Jesus to come and save you, to live within you and to be the ruler of
your life, you were born again. “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is
a new creature; the old things passed away; behold new thing have come.”
2 Corinthians 5:17 So shame for any action that you
took before you were born again, you are no longer held responsible for.
They are forgiven, you are declared clean through the blood of Jesus. If
you have shame for things that happened after you were a new creation, then you
confess, repent, and rest in Jesus.
Christians who live in shame are believing a lie from
Satan. He speaks in first person, “I’m no good.” I am
unlovable”, “ I am so stupid”, etc… It is Satan throwing your past
in your face. You have a choice to wallow in that shame and regret, or to
claim who you ar in Christ! You are a princess, you are the apple of
God’s eye, you are holy, clean. Loved, complete, etc… in Christ Jesus.
The past is simply that – the past. The only way that it can have power
over you is if you allow it to. You can say to yourself, “That whas then,
this is now.” Tell Satan to flee. “Submit therefore to God .
Resist the devil. And he will flee from you. Draw near to god and
He will draw near to you….” James 4:7
Shame has no place in the Christian life unless the Holy
Spirit is convicting you to confess and repent. Be quick to repent and
then turn again to God. He loves you. He is your Papa!
I encourage you to go through the New Testament and make a chart of the characteristics of the Old Nature and of the new Nature. One is death, the other life. Claim who God says that you are and stand firm.
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