Life with sexual brokenness seems to always be defined by shame. I am not talking about guilt: the feeling that we have done something wrong. No. Sexual sins and questions of identity are hammered by all sides of this broken world as shame: we are something wrong. Shame is a terrible burden, and it is not God’s desire for us, no matter what our sins or temptations.
Let us take a quick look at God’s holy and true Word, and let us believe what it tells us that we are. Then we can decide whether or not we should accept shame when Satan, the accuser of the saints, comes a-knocking.
I found this list on Twitter, and it seemed excellent and worth sharing:
1] You are hand-made by God for good works (Eph 2:8-10).
2] Even if you spent your life bedridden from a stroke, you could still serve God with your prayers (1 Pet 3:12, 1 Pet 4:7).
3] God uses our hardships to equip us to serve others (2 Cor 1:3-11).
4] God teaches us to trust Him when he sees us through hardships (2 Cor 1:3-11, Romans 5:1-4).
5] Like Joseph, you do not know what good God can bring from your evil times (Gen 50:20, Rom 8:28).
6] You DO know for certain that these present sufferings are not worth comparing to the glory that will be revealed in you (Rom 8:18).
7] In times when your suffering seems pointless, you have the blessed reminder of what God brings about when you are enduring difficulty (Romans 5:1-4).
8] We can always remember that the God who brought us both good and bad times (Job 1:21) is faithful: He was, is, and will be there for us. Therefore we can have peace and hope, and God has given us the whole Body of Christ and the blessed vocation to encourage them all (Heb 10:19-25).
9] In view of these great promises, we can rejoice and join the Psalmist in remembering just how great, faithful, and effective our Loving Lord is to us, so we may go about engaging in these magnificent purposes he uses to fill our lives and not forget his great benefits (Psalm 103:1-5).
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