Reading: Romans 7:21-25
Reflective Thoughts
Clean Slate
Have you ever wanted to start over with a clean slate? Begin that conversation with a different tone? Choose not to click “send” for that email? Begin the day over again? In the movie “Bourne Identity” Jason Bourne is an amnesiac searching for answers about his past. He didn’t, however, start over with a clean slate. Not only couldn’t he remember who he was or what he had done, he discovered he was being hunted down and attacked for it. The closer he got to the truth, the more he could see why he wanted to forget it in the first place. Resolution could only come by embracing who he was.
The Apostle Paul, in this chapter of Romans, explained that we also have a new identity-a new nature. The old nature, unfortunately, is still around. We’ve been released from its authority over us; but sometimes, it wages guerilla warfare against us. Sometimes we lose the battle. Do you do the things you don’t want to do? For this, Paul tells us our resolution comes by embracing the One whose identity we bear and the grace it offers. You don’t need to start over-your slate is clean, right now. Choose to go and be who He set you free to be.