ARE YOU IN NEED OF A SPIRITUAL RESET?

“In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.” – 1 Peter 5:10.

If you have been a Christian for any length of time, you know the basics of caring and nurturing your faith: reading the Bible, praying, and going to church. These basics form the foundation for believers at any stage of their faith.

Many times in our life journey, we get off track. The busyness of life, the influence of wrong thinking, wrong people, and wrong priorities confuse our internal sense of direction. We end up wandering into territory we are not familiar with. Sometimes, we are lost. In times like these, we need a spiritual reset to realign with God, His Word, His people, His priorities, and His heart.

A hard reset, a factory reset, or a master reset restores a device to its state when it leaves the factory. All settings, applications, and data added by the user are removed. Everything is returned to its original working order. Now, imagine applying these principles to our spiritual lives. Resetting is about pivoting our lives, structures, and systems to do what God originally called us to do ― to be a light in dark places. What if we asked God to reset our lives, and we truly meant it? Would our daily routines, relationships with those around us, and attitudes change?

The good news is that God is all about resets. He wants you to have a fresh start, a new beginning, and to do something new in your life. Isaiah 43: 18 says, “But forget all that—it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.” God tells us to forget what happened before because the book is closed. God is far more interested in our future than in our past.

A divine reset comes when we thank God for what He is doing now, for our past failures because we have learned from them, and for past challenges. After all, He has brought us through them, for past defeats because He has caused us to overcome them, and for past attitudes because He has given us a new attitude in their place.

Hopefully, a reset also includes an upgrade. To upgrade requires some critical examination. When we reset spiritually, we take a hard look at our lives and precisely pinpoint what we want or need to change. Where do I need help? What would I like to change in my life? What are the things in my life and relationships I’m dissatisfied with? Ask God if there a new idea, a fresh work you want to begin in me? Is there a lost truth you want to illuminate in me? Is there anything in my heart that needs to be uninstalled so you can install something in its place?

Everyone needs a reset at some point—because life is hard, and we all make mistakes. Are you ready for God to do something new in your life? Ask Him for a fresh start, and He’ll give you renewed energy, a renewed spirit, renewed hope, and a renewed heart.

Discussion Questions:

Do you need a fresh start?
What changes would you like to make in a fresh start?