Gaining Power and Freedom Over Regret

Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them. Romans 4:7-8

We all have regrets; either regret from something we did, or regret from from something we did not do. 

What is your greatest regret? Take a moment and think through the answer to that question. Consider writing your answer down on a piece of paper. Name your regret. You see, the power to name is the power to own. If you name your regret, you own it. If you own your regret you have a choice about what to do with it. An unnamed regret owns you. 

Can you name your regret?  

The evil one wants you to be shackled by regret, to be named and defined by it. Satan wants you to be made incapable of living the life God has for you because you are trapped in the past by regret. But God want’s you free, free to embrace the fullness and wholeness the life you we were created to live. The Apostle Paul writes, “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” (Galatians 5:1)

Often we choose to live with regrets because we think we should. We think it’s the right thing to do—that it is our duty before God — that somehow regret and repentance are the same thing. They are not. Repentance is a recognition and response to God who in his grace has show us that there is a better way, a way of freedom, a way of the Kingdom of God. And, that this way is available to us right now. 

The Kingdom of God is regret-free. God’s invitation freedom from regrets. The pathway, naming your regrets, owning them, giving them to God and then moving on. Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them.

Peace, hope and love

Doug