Jer:31:40
The entire area...... will be holy to the Lord.
The magnitude of the promise is huge. That I will understand only if I have a look at the backdrop.
A holy God.
An impeccable persona.
Who hates sin to the core.
Abhors.
Yet He loves me.
The one who is a sinner.
He loves me, who is indulged in sin.
Helpless I look unto Him.
But still reveling in that mire.
Partly my nature. Partly my choice.
Or fully both. To be precise.
He comes down
Into that swamp which nauseates Him.
To the very thing that He disgusts.
He humbled. He obeyed. He loved.
Bore all the consequences
Bled unto death to save me.
To rescue me.
Dirty as I am, He washes me.
By His blood He cleanses me.
Declares me righteous.
Gives me a clean white robe.
Spotless.
Blemishless.
Presents me before the Father.
Who sees me through the Son.
The Spirit enables me further.
And He says - Righteous, Holy
As my Son is. Because my Son is.
The very thing He hates,
He chooses to do for me.
Which means the love He has for me
is beyond what I can imagine.
Unfathomable.
I had all the more reasons to be hated,
because of the way I wanted to trod.
I chose to walk.
As much as He hates sin,
so much or even more He loves me.
So much so that He took His robe
and clothed me.
In the midst of that mire.
Blood draining from all over His body.
He knows I'm destined to be in His presence.
I walked away in rebellion.
But He knew His plans are for my good.
So He brought me back,
by doing this act of salvation.
He who knew no sin, became sin for me.
What amazing love? Not only did He forgive all my sins. He declared me righteous. He also enables me to be holy. For Him. For me.
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