We have been daily traveling together through
AUGUST,
by
WALKING THROUGH THE OPEN DOOR
Devotional Series.
THE OPEN DOOR is JESUS
and
HIS DOOR IS ALWAYS OPENED!
But sometimes I live as if
HIS DOOR is CLOSED
and that HE will not OPEN it for me
until
I have to do this or do that
so that I am
ACCEPTABLE ENOUGH
for all of those who see me as
UNACCEPTABLE.
Those times when
I don't measure up to meet other's standards that are placed on me.
I always take seriously what is said about me,
that leads me to look
deeper within myself
to see
if there is something that I may not see about myself
that others may see.
As I know I am FLAWED.
Therefore,
when I know that I am wrong,
I will ask for FORGIVENESS.
When I know that I have hurt another one,
I will ask for FORGIVENESS.
And then I leave it to
GOD,
especially when my
I AM SORRY isn't SORRY ENOUGH
from those who I am asking
FORGIVENESS.
Hmm.
What if GOD was like that.
Think about this.
What if when you
ASK FOR FORGIVENESS from GOD,
but then
HE
tells you
that you have to
try harder & strive harder
to prove your innocence
before
HE FORGIVES you?
Yikes.
Would GOD?
Oh never,
because
why else would
HE
have built the CROSS
for HIS SON
to
become
FORGIVENESS for ALL.
For JESUS demonstrated FORGIVENESS,
not only by taking the NAILS for every wrong doing
for ALL,
as HE was bleeding to DEATH
on HIS CROSS,
but that
HE even FORGAVE,
the GUILTY ONE who hung next to HIM.
. "If we confess our sins, HE is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"
(1 John 1:9)].
Hmm.
So if you ever wonder if you have to
DO something MORE than
just to ASK GOD to FORGIVE you,
there is ONLY ONE thing that is necessary,
and that is to
RECEIVE and BELIEVE
in
"THE MAN ON THE MIDDLE CROSS"
(listen to the song below)
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