God is Funny and Sometimes Sets Us Up!!

God is funny and sometimes He sets us up. He knows our end from our beginning, but its funny how sometimes things play out. This last weekend proved that one. I normally do not listen to Televangelists, (aka tv preachers) except a couple. But it seemed no matter who they were even big named ones, and ones I did not know at all they all had the same exact message: YOU ARE NOT A SLAVE NO LONGER TO YOUR PAST, OR THE WORDS OF FAILURE SPOKEN OVER YOU IN YOUR PAST. THE SHACKLES ARE LOOSED AND THEY ARE HOLDING YOU NO MORE. ..... So then i wake up this morning and the different preachers are saying the same thing........... i go to church, and Pastor has a word of knowledge that someone needed to hear the same thing. and know that God is going to use everything in the past for his good. and that that person needed to know no matter what you are beautiful and going to be used by God. Then he went on to preach about David and Goliath how Goliath tormented Isreal for so long they became slaves to the words that he spoke over them, and how he tried to do the same with david, But David knew who he was in Christ. Pastor related the movie clip from The Karate Kid, where Danielson is at Mr Miagi's house painting the house, waxing the car, and sanding the floor. He feels he is just a slave, he certainly learning any karate. OR so he thought. after the frustration of not learning he gets after Mr Miagi, and Mr Miagi in turn gets frustrated at Danielson, and puts him through what he had been learning. Danielson was then free and not a slave no longer, because he learned what he thought was his shakels were now his power and weapons, when needed to be used. For us The past can bind us, it has me at times, especially lately, ive felt there was no way i can get over certain past sins ive committed, and im worthless and not going to be used of God. But then with these reminders this weekend, i have learned that God is there, and can use anything to free us. and use my sin, my shortcomings, my failures, my pain for His Glory.