Are chains of guilt holding you back from being all that you can be as a Christian woman? We all have it in some way, shape, or form. We feel guilty when we’ve done wrong things or when we didn’t do what we thought we should have. Sometimes we feel guilty over something that doesn’t violate God’s standards, but fails to come up to meet our own or other people’s expectations.
There are times when that wave of guilt will come over me when something happens to remind me of my past sin. There was a time when I felt like every single day it was right there in my face. I knew that I had been forgiven and the shame of it was taken away, but still I would have that moment when the sting of guilt would hit me.
One of Satan’s biggest weapons against us is guilt. It can tear us down and make us feel unworthy. It takes from us the faith and confidence in Jesus Christ. As we allow ourselves to continually dwell on how we messed up, it cultivates that guilt. Falling for the enemy’s trap allows him to build a stronghold in our minds.
The Bible mentions two kinds of guilt: the Godly sorrow that leads to repentance and then the condemnation from the devil. 2 Corinthians 7:10 says, “Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.”
There are important things to remember when facing guilt. We must understand the nature of God’s forgiveness towards us. When our sins are forgiven, we are made clean! We need to stop thinking about our past sins and start thinking about the new person we are in Christ. Paul says in Philippians 3:13, “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it: But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead.”
Another thing, forgive yourself! When Jesus said to be forgiving, that includes forgiving yourself in order to be able to be released from that bondage of guilt! If God chose to forgive you, then why are you hanging on to it? I love Psalms 103:12: “As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.”
So, today, let us agree together to thank God for the fact that He has forgiven us! Let us praise Him that He chooses to forget about our sin that has been forgiven and that we are no longer condemned! And if for some reason that burden of guilt creeps up on us again, let us give it back to Him over and over if need be!
2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
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