DAD'S DAILY BREAD

7 “Blessed and happy and favored are those whose lawless acts have been forgiven,And whose sins have been covered up and completely buried. 8 “Blessed and happy and favored is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account nor charge against him.” Rom 4 amp

What a glorious promise!! Overwhelming every single time I read it! I spent most of my life building things that were never going to last and never going to satisfy me. Things that only did damage to my testimony and made followers of Jesus look bad. But right in the middle of all my sin God was there. Influencing and protecting and guiding me in a direction that would always lead back to Him! Paul uses Abraham in chapter 4 as an example of a righteous man. He talks about how God could see into his heart and see the motives behind his actions! Abraham truly believed God was in control and that whatever God did was because of God’s righteousness and not his own. Making it possible for Abraham to do the things he did! Abraham had faith and he knew that when God said something that it was a guarantee! So his faith created action. And his actions showed what he truly believed about God! Do your actions match what you say and believe about God??

Thank You Lord for the grace and mercy that you give me every morning! Thank You for your promises and Your Word that gives us direct access to You and Your Spirit! Thank you for giving us a way to look at our lives and examine ourselves! If your faith is not creating action and constantly changing you then it definitely is not going to save you! Be honest with yourself! Are you living dependent on Him allowing Him to be your power and strength? Or are you on the throne of your life doing things that only serve yourself? CONFESS, REPENT, and CHANGE! 

APPLICATION:

First I want to be thankful at all times! Remember how filthy I am and how much I need Jesus and His saving grace! Confess repent and change the things in my life that don’t bring God glory! God pulled me out of the depths of darkness! Broke chains of bondage and sin and gave me hope when all else seemed to be so hopeless! I need to test myself moment by moment as I go through my day. What are my actions saying about what I believe about God? For me it shows itself very clearly! Am I tapped into the source and being empowered by my faith and belief in Christ or am I trying to do it all on my own? Am I allowing sin into my life, no matter how small, or am I amputating the things in my life that were never meant to be used to bring me comfort and joy? God please help me to be better! Please remove me from the throne of my life! Clean my mind and create in me a clean heart! Please give me the grace and strength to be better!! Thank you for all the things you give that I don’t deserve and for not giving me the punishment I do deserve!! I have no clue why you save a wretched sinner like me but I want to glorify you forever because of it! You deserve it! Thank You Lord!!

IN HIS NAME