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Day 10 Transcript

Read the Word: Romans 8:1-2

From the time David was anointed as the next king of Israel to the time he actually became king was 20 long years. Imagine you were promised a prestigious job promotion in a large company. After ten years and no promotion, would you start to lose heart? What about 20? And on top of that, the trouble David had to navigate was mind-blowing. Including death threats from King Saul, David faced lots of disruptions and detours. One of David’s favorite questions for God during that period of preparation was, “what have I done now?”

Some days I feel like this is my life. How about you? You’ve got a dream. It might be a big one—something that seems impossible. But something you feel called to do. And the journey gets hard. So hard you start to think maybe you took a wrong turn on the path somewhere. But the truth is, the journey to our dreams is hard. There’s proving to be done…preparation for the next step.

One of the key truths we need to embrace about disruption is that it is not meant to punish or condemn us. Some part of our disruption may be a conviction—a call to let go of something or repent from something. But it is never a condemnation. Never. Romans 8:1 promises us that there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. Condemnation is shame’s finger-wagging partner. Conviction is God’s drawing love and grace. Condemnation is the work of our sinful nature pairing up with some lie. It’s designed to draw us away, to discourage us. Don’t let it. Call it out. Take that thought captive and hand it over to Jesus’ authority. (2 Cor. 10:3-5) And because we belong to Him, the power of his Spirit in us sets us free from the power of that condemnation that leads to death. Disruption and detours are not our punishment. They are our road to better life.

Wait in prayer: Do you struggle believing that roadblocks in your life are God’s punishment for something you did wrong? Write a personalized declaration from Romans 8:31-39 as a prayer of praise and thanksgiving and speak it out loud every day. Here is my personalized version from The Message. I recommend reading this first thing in the morning or the last thing before I go to sleep. Keep it on an index card next to your bed.

With God on my side, how can I lose? If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line for me, a sinner, is there anything else he wouldn’t gladly and freely do for me? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with me, one of God’s chosen? The One who died for me—who was raised to life for me—He is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for me. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between me and Christ’s love for me? There is no way! I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can getbetween me and God’s love because of what Jesus has done to set me free.

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