Isaiah 1:18 – “Come now, and lest us reason together, says Yahewh, though your sins are as scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool.”

Some days are so intriguing you can hardly wait to see the day unfold.  You anticipate the many treasures and revelatory nuggets hidden beneath the surface will be incredible.  You await the illumination of the Holy Spirit and rejoice in the reality that Life in Jesus is never dull.

Have you ever thought about your past and wished you could change it or alter it?  Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live some parts of your life over again, but with the knowledge you now possess?  We cannot go back in time, but we do have a God who is timeless, and He can Alter our Past.

Our text speaks to a powerful revelation and promise- what a powerful promise and revelation from the LORD.  Think about making sins that are scarlet and white as snow.  In the natural world, if you changed the fabric’s color, you would have to “re-dye” or “un-dye” it. 

Some suggested that changing the past is the only way to alter sin.   But we cannot change the past, so we cannot alter sin, but God can!  In a measure, when God forgives us, He gives us a new past.  The chalkboard of our life is erased, and we have a new beginning (past).  That is incredible!

Yet, most testify that God has forgiven and whipped away their sin, but they still are tormented by them and allow the enemy to bring them to remembrance and intimidate them.  If it is erased, it no longer exists!  If it no longer exists, we need to forget the past and live in the present with our eyes on the future.

When God forgives, He is not pretending that the scarlet of our hearts is not really scarlet – He Changes It!  If God, who is timeless, can create time, He can reverse time.  God does not go into the past; He is there already.  He does not go into the future; He is there already.  He is past, present, and future.  He created time, and He will be what He is, He was, and what He was.  He is Eternal. 

It is time for the children of God, the Church, to begin living with the concept that we have a new past, allowing us to have a victorious present and hope for the future!  We are Redeemed!  2 Corinthians 3:18 tells us that the veil is removed at salvation, and our understanding is now illuminable. As we focus on Jesus, we are transformed into the same image incrementally from glory to glory.

You are victorious in Jesus!  You are more than a conqueror! If the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future and remind him that Jesus washed away All Sin!  We are clean through Jesus!  Declare that Today is a Day of Victory!   Rejoice and become Who God Says You Are!

May the Victorious Lord lead you into new victories and levels of spiritual freedom today!