Day 2: Grace Is Bigger Than Your Past

Scripture

When Jesus was still some distance away, the man saw him, ran to meet him, and bowed low before him. With a shriek, he screamed, Why are you interfering with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In the name of God, I beg you, don't torture me! For Jesus had already said to the spirit, Come out of the man, you evil spirit. Then the evil spirits begged him again and again not to send them to some distant place. So Jesus gave them permission. The evil spirits came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the entire herd of about 2,000 pigs plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water. — Mark 5:6-10, 13 (NLT)

Mark 5:6-13

We don't know how this man got here, and we don't need to — the Bible only focuses on his encounter with Jesus. Jesus does not require him to get himself together first. He confronts what is destroying him and sets him free completely. Your past is not bigger than the grace of Jesus. Shame, guilt and regret are tools of the enemy. Grace, mercy and purpose are gifts from Jesus. Whatever you have done, or whatever has been done to you, you are not beyond His reach.

Prayer

Jesus, I believe Your grace is bigger than my past. Drive out what has been tormenting me and set me completely free.

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