My Sin – My Heart
I could make a very long list of my sins. In fact, if I’m not sure I would have any friends. The Lord knows my heart. He knows every thought that passes through my mind. The crazy thing is, He loves me anyway. He loves me without condition or without strings attached.
The prophet Jeremiah spoke of how deceitful the heart is and what God would do about it. This prior to Jesus coming to earth. Check this out….
9 “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,
and desperately wicked.
Who really knows how bad it is?
10 But I, the Lord, search all hearts
and examine secret motives.
I give all people their due rewards,
according to what their actions deserve.” (Jeremiah 17:9-10 NLT)
If I got what I deserve, I would not be alive. I simply can’t stand up under the weight of my sin. Ezekiel was also a prophet that spoke out regarding Israel’s sin. He could have been talking about me too. Check this out….
9 Then when they are exiled among the nations, they will remember me. They will recognize how hurt I am by their unfaithful hearts and lustful eyes that long for their idols. Then at last they will hate themselves for all their detestable sins. (Ezekiel 6:9 NLT)
Jesus, the One and Only Son of God did come to earth. Check this out…
16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. (John 3:16-17 NLT)
One of my favorite hymns declares:
My sin, oh the bliss of this glorious thought (a thought)
My sin, not in part, but the whole (every bit, every bit, all of it)
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more (yes!)
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul! (“It Is Well with My Soul” Horatio G. Spafford)
My sin has been forgiven. I am made clean. I am so very grateful for the amazing grace of God. I no longer have to dwell upon my sin. He forgives completely. In fact, He actually uses someone like me to serve others for His Glory. He has done some cool things through me in spite of my past. His Grace and His Mercy sometimes overwhelm me. I’m so grateful that Jesus came and completed His mission of Love. I love because He loves. I forgive because He forgives. His love has transformed this deceitful heart into a heart after Him.
Pressing On!
Dwayne