Welcome to Teshuvah Elul 11
Day Eleven
September/Elul
It’s the eleventh today
We are meeting early again
No time for delay
The work is serious
No time for games
Every seed He shows me
Has a specific name
The kingdom He said
Begins when we repent
He keeps bringing this up
He won’t budge or relent
I don’t completely understand
But I’m following all of His orders
The tall and the short
Expanding my borders
© laurette laster
Teshuvah, the season of our repentance, a special season to turn, Shuv, return, Teshuvah!
Oh God create in me a clean heart and return to me the joy of Your salvation.
Why do we repent? Are there benefits? This is a supernatural time and season set by God. His festivals, and appointed times are set for us to prepare our hearts for the season of our joy, or the days of awe.
There are eternal benefits; it’s like getting a do over. There are benefits when we repent from a contrite spirit and a broken heart. God set this time to rewind, or let go of dead works. He rewinds the tape that contains the life we lived while in rebellion. He takes us back to where we were before unbelief and sin entered in, and we begin again with a clean slate. We begin from the time our faith failed and we are allowed a new start. We become a new creation. We are like a freshly plowed field waiting for new seeds to be sown.
The greatest benefit of repentance is the promise from God; And I will remember your sins no more, for My Name sake. God doesn’t want to dwell on our failures. Our Father desires that we turn away from a sinful lifestyle, and change our minds. We are to renounce sin and the will to sin. The Greek word for repent is Metanoia, and means to turn or to ‘Shuv’ and this is where we see the word TeSHUVah, which is to turn away from sin and not continue in sin and return to God through His word and obedience to this word. When we repent we then must appropriate the work of Christ for our forgiveness. If you have a GPS you can bet you will hear this message if you make a wrong turn, make a legal U turn at the next intersection, make a legal U turn. Teshuvah and repentance is the intersection in time where we can make a legal U turn.
We are His sheep. He is our good Shepherd. Sheep are not designed to be pack animals. Mules are pack animals and we know they are stubborn and hard headed.
We on the other hand, are referred to as His sheep who hear His voice.
Scripture says, “If you hear God speak today, don’t be stubborn like those who rebelled.
This is God’s Time to Shuv, to Teshuvah, make a legal U Turn! Get it? It’s up to you and to me to make a U Turn and Re-Turn.
God will rewind the times or as His word says, He redeems the years, and restores to us all that the enemy has stolen.
Teshuvah, my favorite time of the year, you don’t want to miss your intersection, Make A Legal U Turn now.
God bless you and keep you and make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord cause His countenance to rise upon you and give you Shalom.
Until next time, thank you for listening with me. Laurette
Through All Seasons 