Isaiah 44:21-22
Remember these things, O Jacob,
and Israel, for you are my servant;
I formed you; you are my servant;
O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud
and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.
Do you ever have those thoughts from your past that you spend a little too much time dwelling on? Or, in a quiet moment, you are reminded of it out of nowhere? Like somehow your brain decided that your day was going a little too well, so it reminds you of that embarrassing moment from you past or that time you screwed up big time.
Sometimes these thoughts lead to conviction and then ultimately cause change for the better; while not always a pleasant process it is still useful for the betterment of our lives. However, these thoughts can also cause feelings of guilt or inadequacy, and it is these thoughts that we must, as Paul puts it in 2 Corinthians 10, take captive.
Through Christ’s sacrifice on the cross all our sins and transgressions have been blotted out. God has forgiven us; we don’t need to constantly feel sorry for the things we’ve done in the past. We were formed by His mighty hand. This means that we will never be forgotten or left behind because of something we did.
As believers we have been given the promise of salvation, there is nothing that can separate you from the love God has for you. Sin can bring about tension or break human relationships, and whenever we are the ones that have caused this tension, we should be the ones that seek to repair it. But when the problem is from years ago, or you are holding on to a grudge towards someone that is no longer in your life, you need to do the challenging work of releasing that to God.
When we are feeling low, God reminds us to simply return to Him because He has redeemed us.