October 01, 2024
Daily Devotion:
"Victor’s Mindset"
Isaiah 43:18-19
New King James Version
“Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert.
Have you ever been hurt by someone? We all have, in one way or another. We live in a broken world with sinful people. Pain is a condition of the human experience. But with God’s help, we don’t have to stay in that pain forever. We can heal and move forward in faith and forgiveness as we let go of the past and embrace the future.
We must remember we are never alone in our pain, God is right there with us and gives us the strength to overcome. Joseph, son of Jacob, illustrates this principle. His brothers sold him as a slave, but God used that tragic event to advance His purpose. Instead of acting as a victim in his circumstances, Joseph trusted in God’s plan.
Yes, we live in a broken world but we must remember that God is more powerful than any evil, any pain…any heartbreak and He can bring good out of any horrible event. So while we cannot control what happens to us, we do have a choice in how we respond. We can either allow our pain to keep us in our past, or we can choose to move
forward in faith trusting God to redeem our pain and bring beauty out of ashes.
