Look What You've Done

Before Christ, our lives were a mess, full of sin, pride, & living only to please ourselves. But look what Jesus has done! He has rescued & redeemed us!

Look What You've Done

"And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God."

(1 Corinthians 6:11)

One of my favorite contemporary Christian singers is Tasha Layton. A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to meet her and speak to her. She spoke at a leadership conference in Orlando that I attended. Interestingly, she did not sing, but she shared her powerful story. She also addresses a subject I am very interested in: mental health.

Tasha transparently told our group that when she was in college, she tried to take her life. She had reached a point where the turmoil and pain were so great that she felt the only way to alleviate the sadness was by taking her own life. She placed a gun to her head and pulled the trigger. But the bullet never left the chamber. Her life was spared. She got the much-needed counseling and help she needed. She is 43 years old today, and God has given her a platform to tell how God has saved her and given her perfect peace.

Here is one of her most popular songs. Take a minute and listen to the lyrics:

This song and video have almost 3 million views on YouTube. Many people commented on the song. This one jumped out to me. One lady wrote: "Sounds like it was written just for me. I was the biggest sinner on earth before the Lord had mercy and saved me. He made me into a whole new creation. I AM new in Christ!"

In our biblical text for today's devotion, 1 Corinthians 6:11, the Apostle Paul tells the Corinthian believers then and all followers of Jesus today that we are different. We no longer live the sinful lives of our past. (Paul lists in verses 9-10 the sordid and sinful lives we lived before Christ changed us.) But then he writes, "But such were some of you." Before Christ, our lives were a mess, full of sin, pride, and living only to please ourselves. We were all hedonists, seeking only to gratify our desires. But look what Jesus has done! God has rescued us, redeemed us through the blood of Jesus.

Tasha Layton sings these powerful lines:

On the cross, in a grave
With a stone, rolled away
All my debt, it was paid
Look what You've done

In my heart, in my mind
In my soul, in my life
With my hands lifted high
I'm singing

Look what You've done
Look what You've done in me
You spoke Your truth into the lies I let my heart believe
Look at me now
Look how You made me new
The enemy did everything that he could do
Oh, but look what You've done

Join me today in speaking or singing these same words over your life. Praise God for what He has already done in us and all that He will do in and through us!

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