God made
him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness
of God.
—2 Corinthians 5:21 (NLT)
I am who you say I am, Jesus.
Because you are my Savior, I have been made righteous by your sacrifice for my
sins. I am the righteousness of God because of your love for me. Help me to grasp
this truth! You give me power to live a virtuous life filled with honesty and
integrity. I am blameless only because you have made me blameless. You took the
punishment that was my due, and I am gloriously free to praise your name. There
is no limitation in what I yearn to give you. There is no hesitation—no pulling
away or erecting a wall because of doubt or fear. I walk in your freedom
because you paid what I owed.
Don’t ever let me make
light of what you have so readily given. You paid for me with costly grace. Your
amazing love for me cost you everything. You tore down the wall that separated
me from your Father. You opened the door to His presence. Don’t ever let me
demand from someone else what you have already paid. I don’t want to be like
the servant in the parable, when forgiven of his debt, couldn’t forgive someone
else who owed him. He didn’t get the fact that his debt had been completely erased
by his master and was paid in full. If I become as the servant who, although forgiven
of his debt, still demands payment, then I am like a Pharisee who doesn’t “spiritually
get” what Jesus has done for me. I walk in unforgiveness and darkness instead
of the righteousness of God, and pass along my own insecurities to any who will
follow me.
That servant was totally free
of debt! I, too, am totally free of
debt! Help me to live my life humbly and thankfully in the freedom that cost
you everything, Jesus. Help me to grasp only your voice above the thunder of so
many vying for my attention. Help me to believe at all cost, that what you have
done for me, is a finished work. I am new in you.
©2018 Lynn Lacher
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