While I was driving on the freeway a police car merged into the lane with me and immediately I made sure I was driving the speed limit. The question came to mind. What is it about police cars that make me so cautious and feel so guilty? I am not breaking any law but when I see a police car I don't feel protected I feel guilty though I am innocent.
I realized it has nothing to do with what I might be doing but what I have done. My past mistakes hide my present innocence. I once had I reason to be afraid of the police for I was guilty of breaking many laws. I would cover what I was doing so I would not get caught but the moment they left I went back into what I was doing. But I am not that person anymore.
Though I have changed, my mind is reminded of my former mistakes. The issue is not the police it is me. I have to accept the new person that I am.
In life we all have made mistakes but through the grace of God we receive salvation from all of our sins. We can live free from the guilt and shame that reminds us of who we once were. We are free to live and enjoy the journey that is set before us. We have nothing to be afraid of. We don't have to live in what we have done but in what Jesus Christ has done. Through Jesus Christ we are not guilty.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1-2
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