For Christmas, Mark got me The Message bible. It was the only thing I wanted. It feels like I am reading the Bible for the first time as I read it in my everyday language that is opening a whole new world of what God is speaking through His Word. One book that I have always turned my head sideways on because of not fully understanding all that Paul was writing about was the book of Romans. It’s got some brilliant scripture but also has writings that I might as well be reading Chinese. Lol!! Well, The Message has totally changed that and I’m having one ‘wow’ moment after another.
Romans 5:6-11 – is a must read in The Message. You would think that I actually have an endorsement with them. Lol!! Okay, so get this: Your morning routine involves waking up, getting ready and picking out your clothes for the day before you head out to face your world. You would never think to only get ‘half’ ready….like, wash one half of your face, only put deodorant on one armpit, wear one sock, put on your shirt but leave your pants off, wear a shoe on the foot that doesn’t have the sock on, put lipstick on half your lips, brush only the bottom of your teeth, gel only one side of your hair. I’m sure you are getting the picture by now….…now flipside that and think about your life spiritually. When God brought His son to die a sacrificial death for our lives, WE WEREN’T READY YET. We didn't have all our ducks lined up in a perfect row. We had sin issues, selfish ambitions, anger, pain, and hardships that had scarred us. But to show how brilliant God is,He so knew that we’d never be ready so to wait on us would’ve been futile so He took a massive step of ACTION that would forever change us. Taken from verses 6-8 - “He didn’t and doesn’t wait for us to get ready. He presented himself for this sacrificial death when we were far too weak and rebellious to do anything to get ourselves ready. And even if we hadn’t been so weak, we wouldn’t have known what to do anyway…….but God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of NO USE whatever to him.”
If you walk around feeling like you are unworthy, always a sinner, never getting it right, don’t have much to offer….guess what? God took you in anyways, when you weren’t even truly ready to be of any good use to Him and because of that sacrificial death that God offered us through the death of His Son, Jesus, we do not have to ACCEPT the feelings of unworthiness, what-good-am-I kind of thinking, feeling like you are a scum of the earth because it goes on to say in verses 9-11 – “there is NO LONGER a question of being at odds with God in any way. If, when we were at our worst, we were put on friendly terms with God by the sacrificial death of his Son, now that we’re at our best, just think of how our lives will expand and deepen by means of his resurrection life!”
He took us exactly how we were, not ready…and from our worst state he turned it into our best. My brain can’t fathom how totally cool God is and how deep and wide His love for us really is. So, today, I challenge you – start walking out the ‘best’ that GOD did for you when He gave us His son to die for you. Stop reflecting so much on where you were and where you've been, or even what you did wrong just a minute ago, and start moving forward to where you ARE and where HE is taking you.
Only Moving Forward,
Tracee
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