1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
The wonderful aspect of God’s covenant of love is that there is a reset and restart the Lord gives his people. In the Old Testament, the Lord remakes and renews the covenant that he made with the Israelites several times, and this was done especially after a time when the Israelites would fail spectacularly. These renewed covenants were a time to reset the people to start their lives anew.
It is in this understanding that in our marriages we can also have a reset and to start anew. The question of “how do you undo the ball of string that is filled with hurts, disappointment, etc?” How do you untangle that? The answer is that we receive a reset in our marriages, where we re-covenant before the Lord and each other.
The reset is a hard-reset. Just like when you do a hard-reset on your phone or computer, and all the data is erased along with all the viruses, and you start fresh and new—in factory setting.
In Christ we are given a hard-reset!
Today, let’s receive and respond in worship as we receive the reset in Christ—to love the Lord, our spouses, and our neighbors afresh. As you pray, worship to the song “You make all things new” by Hillsong (click here).
Prayer: Lord Jesus, we thank you that you have made all things new. We pray for the reset in our marriages, where the gospel is the only history that defines and determines how we live and respond to one another. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
-GK
