Remember
“Sorry I forgot!” Oops. It’s happened to all of us. And we may have hurt someone unintentionally by our forgetfulness.
We are all prone to forgetfulness. And this is also true regarding those things the Lord says to us and teaches us. Which is why it is so important to regularly review our journals and teaching notes, and to regularly read the Word.
The past 2 weeks I have looked at my journals from 2016 & 2017. I am amazed at many of the things that I have forgotten: things the Lord had told me and things I had learned from others. (I say I had learned them, but if I had forgotten, had I really learned?)
In the same vein, here are some of the nuggets I took from Peter Jackson’s teaching this past weekend. Perhaps some of these will bless you as they did me when I reviewed them this week.
We become super religious to overcompensate for shame. Shame is passed on in our families.
When you are full of shame, you either try very hard or give up.
When you have shame, you try to control people you love to be like you.
John 14. Jesus came full of grace. Grace is divine influence and joy.
When we lose joy, we have fallen away from grace.
Gal 3:1 You idiots, who has bewitched you? You have fallen away from grace.
For everything God has asked me to do, He has already provided grace.
The old covenant: “Thou shalt…” The new covenant, Jesus says: “I did it, you only have to believe.”
In this world we are pressured to conform to an image of an orphan – someone who must take care of themselves.
With shame we live for sensuality – living by our senses. With love we have sensitivity.
If I don’t feel I am good enough I will compete. Love sets me free from competition.
I have nothing to prove. I have God’s seal of approval when I believe, the same seal of approval that Jesus has.
I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.
To say God loves me is one thing, but do I know that God delights in me?
Sin is missing the mark, forgetting who I am. It’s His kindness that leads us to repentance. When Peter’s children would sin, he would take them on his lap and remind them of who they were and many times, they would weep and repent, saying “Daddy I’m sorry.”
I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done. Psalm 143:5 NIV