O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid
from thee. Psalm 69:5
I believe there comes a time in everyone’s life when all of
the good we have done seems to be swallowed up like a sinking ship in the deep
dark abyss of our failures. Often when
we are overwhelmed by guilt, it is attributed to the father of lies, condemning
us as if we should be flawless. Even if the guilt comes on the heels of an
earth-shattering failure, there is no cause for the Christian to leap into the
pit of despair. King David knew firsthand the bitter sting of sin that brings
the numbing absence of the presence of God. All through the book of Psalms we
hear the anguished cries of a man whose failures and terrible choices threaten
to crush him and remove all trace of his existence.
Romans chapter seven
shows us the day to day failures of someone caught in a vortex of wanting to do
right, even knowing what is right but doing the opposite. Paul ends the torment
of constantly doing wrong by asking the question, “O wretched man that I am! Who
shall deliver me from the body of this death?” The Answer burst forth with a
resounding chorus of Halleluiah, and thankfulness; Jesus Christ our Lord and
savior delivers us from the law of sin. God knows who we are. He knows the
scope and depth of our incompetence. Coming face to face with our foolishness
and sin brings us to the place where God wants us to be. When we honestly admit
that without Him we are nothing we become something God can use. Romans 8:1
says “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit”.
On the drive to church Sunday
morning when everything inside points to glaring failure; when doubt threatens
to turn the car around and head for the nearest coffee shop, and when you can’t
imagine that anyone would want to be greeted by you, remember God knows. He
covers us with his warm loving arms and says, “I love you and have forgiven you
of all”. There maybe someone whose path you will cross this day that needs to
know God loves them and accepts them exactly where they are. They need to know
that there is a place to go where sin and guilt can be left behind. The beauty is,
you know exactly where to take them, take them to Jesus who knows.
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