A Powerful Label Remover

Today’s blog post is contributed by David Trotta:

I’m not sure if you have ever heard of it, but there is a powerful cleaning product out there called “Goo Gone.”  It touts the ability to remove many stubborn stains and is also very good at removing very old labels.

I’m sure you’ve experienced how difficult it can be to remove an old label that have been in place for years.  The glue has been baked into the surface, but this product Goo Gone dissolves the glue and makes it very easy to remove.

There are other labels that we come across in our lives that can be very stubborn and hard to remove.  They are labels of shame we allow to be put on ourselves for past failures.  Those labels make us ashamed of who we are by continually reminding us of mistakes we’ve made.  They keep us in a prison of fear and unable to walk in our true identity as a forgiven child of God.

Webster’s dictionary describes shame as “a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior.”  It is a normal feeling, but one that was never meant to stick with us, especially as a Christ follower.

Romans 8:1 says “So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.”  If you belong to Jesus, you have been completely forgiven of all past, present, and future sins.  Lingering feelings of shame have no place in the life of a believer.

Jesus loves to remove stubborn labels of shame.  Just ask Peter who betrayed his Lord 3 times, but still went on to be a leader in the early church, or the woman caught in the act of adultery to whom Jesus said “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”

Let Jesus remove all those labels of shame from you today.  No matter what the sin, Jesus’ love is powerful enough to permanently remove any label.

All you have to do is choose to believe His words, not your feelings.

Make Romans 8:1 personal by replacing the word “those” with “me” and keep repeating it until you feel that label of shame lift.

“So now there is no condemnation for me who belongs to Christ Jesus…”