One Day at a Time

Healing is a process.

We've all got a disease that is killing us. We were born with it. We feel it's damaging effects day after day. It's a disease called sin which equates to separation from God.

God came to the earth as a man, lived a sinless life, then died on a cross to pay the debt of every human's sin. Three days later, Jesus got up out of the grave and lived again. Believing this truth solves the problem, we are no longer separated from God! If you are in Christ, you are a new creation.

But, sin still sticks close to us.

The spiritual healing that Christ provides is once and for all. The reality of sin is always present though too. In order to experience the continual, once for all healing of Christ, we've got to take life one day at a time.

To God, one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years is like one day. (2 Peter 3:8-9) No wonder the battle against sin in my daily life can seem so endless. From one moment to the next I can go from feeling close to God to far away. I may feel holy and blameless at noon, but filthy and rotten to the core at midnight. While I struggle to live one day in a way that is pleasing to God, He is there walking alongside me every step of the way.

Part of this daily healing process is reading. Reading God's word, thinking about what the words truly mean, and spending the time to figure out how the meaning will change your life. Getting to the root of the problem is important. In Psalm 51:6, 8-9 as well as 139:23-24, David does some deep digging to let God look at his heart. This is something we all should do each and every day.

By living life one day at a time, we can allow God to continually shape us into His image. This process isn't easy to start and Satan will constantly (maybe more than ever before) tempt us to sin. The battle may seem endless, but Christ is right there with you.

1 John 1:9 says "If you confess your sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." Remember to this verse, one day at a time.