Start Today
"And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again." -- Romans 11:23
Max Lucado once wrote a book titled In the Grip of Grace. He reminded readers that if cannibal and mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer did accept Jesus as Lord and Savior and repented before he died, then God welcomed him into heaven. With Jesus, redemption is available to anyone -- no matter what they've done.
Or what we've done. It's never too late for what Beth Moore terms a do-over. We can always start anew, so long as we start with Jesus. That's what Paul was trying to tell the Jews. They'd rejected the Christ but it wasn't too late. They could be grafted in to the family of believers.
Do you ever feel like you've veered off the path God set out for you? Do you look back and wonder how you managed to mess it all up? Do you wish you could take a different road, maybe give a little more and take a lot less? Maybe instead of just getting by, you could make a difference. Maybe you could even be someone easily identified as a Christian by how you live your life.
It's never too late to change your attitude and your actions. You could start right now, this moment, and ask Jesus to come into your heart and direct your life. You can live today the way God has called you to live. No matter what you've done or where you've been. Today you are grafted in to the family of God.
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