Excuse my recent absence---technical problems on Thursday evening and last night my sweet daughter drove in from Tulsa and we spent the evening talking, and walking and talking! It is such a great thing to be able to have a daughter who is your friend...there are some really good things about getting older and enjoying your adult children is definitely one of them!
Now - back to our verse! We have treasured God's Word in our hearts for what purpose? To keep us from sinning against our God. When we sin, we have to join David in saying, "Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight." (Psalm 51:4) Our sin many times hurts others, offends others and damages our witness, but it is truly only God that we sin against because He is the only one without sin. He is the one who truly holds us accountable to His law, and it is He who we absolutely hurt and offend with our sin.
In a moment of study and prayer, I had the sudden realization that since Jesus died for ALL of my sin,, and since every sin committed by every person added to His pain and suffering on the cross, that when I choose to sin, I choose to inflict additional pain on Jesus at the time of His death. This is one of those "time warp" effects, but it has to be true. My current sin adds to His crucifixion pain. If I claim to love Him, how can I keep striking Him with additional blows, how can I press the thorns deeper into His head, how can I drive the nails harder into His hands? These are not the actions of someone who loves, but of someone who disregards. When we are in relationship with Jesus Christ, we can no longer disregard the suffering that our sin inflicts.
The way we become continually aware is by having God's words, His standards in our hearts. Then we become constantly reminded of what He desires from our lives, and we are prevented from committing the sins that bring Him such pain, and our professed love for Him becomes love in action.
Thank You Jesus for dying for me....my love for you can never be expressed to the degree that You deserve, but let me be mindful every moment of every day of the cost of my sinfulness.
I'll never know how much it cost, to see my sin upon that cross...no, I'll never know how much it cost...
Now - back to our verse! We have treasured God's Word in our hearts for what purpose? To keep us from sinning against our God. When we sin, we have to join David in saying, "Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight." (Psalm 51:4) Our sin many times hurts others, offends others and damages our witness, but it is truly only God that we sin against because He is the only one without sin. He is the one who truly holds us accountable to His law, and it is He who we absolutely hurt and offend with our sin.
In a moment of study and prayer, I had the sudden realization that since Jesus died for ALL of my sin,, and since every sin committed by every person added to His pain and suffering on the cross, that when I choose to sin, I choose to inflict additional pain on Jesus at the time of His death. This is one of those "time warp" effects, but it has to be true. My current sin adds to His crucifixion pain. If I claim to love Him, how can I keep striking Him with additional blows, how can I press the thorns deeper into His head, how can I drive the nails harder into His hands? These are not the actions of someone who loves, but of someone who disregards. When we are in relationship with Jesus Christ, we can no longer disregard the suffering that our sin inflicts.
The way we become continually aware is by having God's words, His standards in our hearts. Then we become constantly reminded of what He desires from our lives, and we are prevented from committing the sins that bring Him such pain, and our professed love for Him becomes love in action.
Thank You Jesus for dying for me....my love for you can never be expressed to the degree that You deserve, but let me be mindful every moment of every day of the cost of my sinfulness.
I'll never know how much it cost, to see my sin upon that cross...no, I'll never know how much it cost...
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