The saying is now you see it, now you don’t. But that’s not so with the items posted on the internet. Although we would love to think when we hit the delete button of an unwanted picture or saying we posted on social media that it’s gone, unfortunately there’s a good chance it’s still out there and at any time someone could remind you of your post.
But thank God that’s not the way it is with our sin when we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior! Once we repent of our sins they are gone. We may feel at some point, the need to remind God of what we did way back when and how unworthy we are. I can see Him crinkle up His face and say, “What are you talking about?” Psalm 103:12 tells us that He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west and Hebrews 8:12 ….and I will remember their sins no more. Isn’t that fabulous news?!
Once we get rid of sin by confessing it out to God and asking for forgiveness, it is gone. When the enemy wants to come and remind you of how you were back then or of the terrible things you did, if you truly have confessed and repented of your sins, they don’t exist anymore. You can stand in the face of the enemy when he comes to remind you of why God wouldn’t do something for you and boldly tell him you and God have no idea of what he is talking about.
God is not like social media. When He erases something it is gone. There are no records. There are no copies. There are no hidden files. They are…gone. So search your heart. Is there something you need to repent of that you want gone forever? Go to God, confess and repent and live a free life knowing that God holds no trump cards. Your sins have been forgiven…forever.