Power Of Beginning Again

Power of Beginning Again

Key Scripture: “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth, Peace, Good Will toward men!”   Luke 2:13,14

Power Point:

     The Christmas Season is a glorious time of learning what REAL love is all about, isn't it?  If you think about it there probably wasn't one person alive on earth at that time that met God's requirements for a relationship with Him.  Things looked dark.  Things were dark.  Then suddenly the heavens were FULL of angels and heavenly light.  Think about that for a moment.  Pure light shone everywhere as the Power of God, His own Son, made His way to Bethlehem.  Everywhere you looked you would have been able to see a touch of heaven.  It was manifested by Love, Joy, Peace, angels singing, and glorious light.  It was so amazing that Shepherds who were grazing their flocks looked up and started off to find what had caused this incredible experience.

     Heaven didn't just "leak" into earth.  Heaven didn't come quietly and hide in the corner.  All of God's glory came in that tiny package, ready to begin the path to Redemption. He had not given up on the earth no matter how silent He had been for four hundred years. No, Beloved. He was just beginning, again.

     Isn’t that just like God?  He has a fresh supply of hope, love, mercy, kindness, uncontainable joy, and superior peace every time you ask Him for it.  He's always ready to begin again.

The most wonderful thing about Him is that He always plans to love you through to the end.

When He looks at your life, He sees the potential not the problem. He's happily planning your future, not distracted by your present. Because there's not a cell in His body or a thought in head that is not committed to loving you through to the end that He sees for you; there's never a time when He is not ready to begin again.

     Why not take Him up on that?  Why not sit down right now and simply say,

      "Father, I need a fresh start. Will you help me to begin again?  Will You help the good that You've planted in my Spirit become refreshed and restored to the loving fullness that being born again made in my life so that I can begin?  Again?

      Will You love me through the mistakes and the poor choices and redirect me into my calling and my purpose.  Will You help me to love others through their mistakes so that they can begin again too?  Would You help me to see and hear heaven everywhere, just as I did at the beginning? In other words, would You love me through to the joyous personal celebration of heaven coming to earth?"

The fragrance of heaven was released in the earth that night. It smelled of victory and hope for the future. You can begin. Again.

Power Thought:

Is there someone in your life that needs you to love them through to the end that God has planned for him or her?  It's Christmas, you know. It's time to begin. Again.

Copyright, 2014, Suzanne Roberts, Unpublished Work