Repent and Reset

UV 4309/10000 Repent and Reset So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 1 v 27 God created man in His own image. Hence, when man and woman were first created they were good, absolutely good with no iota of evil like God. But, the enemy came and planted the weeds, the seed of evil in man and woman. Today, good and evil are mixed in human nature. When we receive Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, we first repent and our lives are reset. We are once again restored to the image of Christ, the visible image of God. Thereafter, whenever we fall short of God’s standards described in His word, we are to repent and reset our lives. We should not own the negatives or evil in our human nature as we were created in the image of God- a reflection of the absolute goodness of God. We need not defend or deny our negatives but we only need to repent and reset our lives. In respect of any specific fault that we become aware or someone points out, we need to repent and reset, or in other words, change to be like Christ. Even the current covid global pandemic is a call from God to humanity to repent and reset. When we realize that we are to reflect God in His holiness, glory, majesty, wisdom, beauty and grace like a mirror reflects an image, we will not try to hide our faults but try to keep improving. Repent and reset is a good concept to import from spirituality and faith into the realm of corporate and personal management. Even on a computer, we need to use control, delete, alt buttons to change what we have typed. We need to delete our past negatives, control our negative thoughts, emotions, impulses and alter our lives to move forward. Paul wrote, “Forgetting what is past, I surge forward to do the will of God.” We need to forget our bad memories and keep surging forward in hope, faith, courage and strength. The enemy will try to bring accusations, doubts, fears to weaken our resolve, to demotivate, to demoralize us. But when we are sealed by God with the blood of Jesus and the Holy Spirit, he cannot steal our inner peace or joy.