“What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!”
Romans 7:24-25
Romans 7:24-25
I cannot understand Your love for me. It makes sense when I am obedient, I can almost grasp it when I am living in the Spirit. But when I am defiant, and rebellious... than Your love seems like a fairytale to me, how could anyone love this man who does evil in Your sight, and does it purposefully, carried away by my own lust to fulfill the desires of my flesh... how can it be Lord? To say that You died for me only when I am good is a lie, for there is none who does good, no not one (psalm 14:3). To say You came to save the righteous is not true either, for You came not to call the righteous, but sinners (mark 2:17). There is nothing inside of me that is able to please You, for those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God (Romans 8:8). What must I do? If I go by my own strength than I become self righteous, and that is a one way ticket to Hell. But to lean on You, sweet refuge of my soul, Why would I abandon the shelter of Your wings to stand in the middle of a storm? Only to be tossed around by the wind and chaos around me? Foolish man! You ARE the foundation of all who believe! You ARE the only way to the father! You ARE the Spirit by which we live and the only means to live apart from sin! You are the true vine and we are nothing but branches, apart from You I can do nothing (John 15:5). Salvation had NOTHING to do with me, apart from the work of Your cross i am dead in my sins, Glory to You who died to save that which was lost.
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8
Such love for someone so undeserving. What can I do but fall on my knees and thank You.
When the day is over, and my sin is all I see, the blood of the Lamb washes over me. Let it be said amidst a sinful generation, that the Lord God is righteous in all he does, Justice and Love are His to claim. Glory to God, You alone are good.
“The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against his command.”
Lamentations 1:18
