THE LIE
“My past defines who I am today.”
REFLECTION
For years, the enemy didn’t have to work very hard on me. I did most of the job myself. All he had to do was hit play, and there I was, back in my addiction, back in the wreckage, back in every wrong thing I ever did. On a loop. That’s who you are. Don’t forget it.
And for a long time, I believed him.
But then I found Jesus…and as my wife always says, “Was He lost.” Sorry for the digression…and when I really grasped that He died for my sins…not sins in general, but mine specifically, something shifted. Those old tapes started losing their grip. The enemy kept hitting play, but it just wasn’t landing the same way anymore.
Because here’s what’s true: Some of the greatest Bible characters, Moses, David, Paul…were mess-ups. God didn’t just tolerate their pasts; He redeemed them…turned their worst chapters into their greatest testimony.
That’s what He does.
You are not the sum of your worst days. Not your addiction. Not your shame. Not the list of wrongs you’ve replayed a thousand times.
In Christ, you’re not just forgiven — you’re new. Completely new. The old is gone.
And the enemy? He knows it. He just hopes you don’t.
SOUL SEARCH
What past failure does the enemy use most against you? Write it on paper, then write 2 Corinthians 5:17 over it as a declaration of truth.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! — 2 Corinthians 5:17
P.E.A.C.E.
Jay@EagleLaunch.com
