Reconciled – Relationship Restored

Romans 5:10-11
10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
11 And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

The second area of redemption that refers to what God has done within us when we were born again is the work of reconciliation. Notice in the above verse it refers to the fact that we were enemies of God, but God reconciled us through the death of His Son Jesus. An enemy is not your friend. The word reconcile means to make a friend out of an enemy, to be restored to favor with God. Once born again, we now have the best friend we could ever have, God.

The devil tries to convince believers that God is not our friend, and you even hear believers say that they feel God is far from them, but He is as close as their next breath. When we say we feel like God is far from us, we are going by feelings and not by faith. This is what satan wants us to do. Once you start believing this lie, you will struggle to believe in God’s love and in His desire to help you. You will try to find acceptance and worth through people instead of the best friend you already have, Jesus Christ.

If you are someone who is easily offended or gets their feelings hurt because of what others may say or do, you are trying to find your worth in the acceptance of others. You don’t need the acceptance of people, because of reconciliation you have been accepted by God. People in your life may come and go, but God said He will never leave you nor forsake you. So declare to yourself in those times of getting your feelings hurt that I have been accepted by God, and that is where my true worth comes from, not from man.

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