2 Corinthians 5:17 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Ever had someone ask 'What's wrong with you?' Well instead I want to ask you a much nicer question. 'What's right with you? because the answer is - everything in your spirit man. Jesus made a perfect job of taking your sin away so you could exchange it for His perfect righteousness, His 'rightness'.
As far as God is concerned, if Jesus is your Lord and Saviour, then you are clothed in His righteousness through Jesus and He approves of who you are now in His Son even though He may not approve of everything you do. You are wearing the breastplate of His approval. So when the enemy comes and whispers in our ear trying to condemn us for our latest mistake or failure we can turn our eyes to Jesus taking all our sin and failure into Himself on the cross. We can remind the devil that our righteousness is not depending on our imperfect performance but on Jesus' perfect performance.
Colossians 2: 13-14 .... Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. He cancelled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. Thank God we can run to Him to repent and tell the enemy to go and see Jesus about his accusations against us because He has declared us forgiven, and cleansed of all unrighteousness.
Did we deserve it or earn it by our goodness or works? God says No. It was all the grace and goodness of our God who wiped the slate clean of all our sin past present and future. So whenever you may feel a bit down in the dumps just remember how God sees you and remind yourself to see yourself the way He does.
You are loved, forgiven, cleansed, declared righteous, approved, anointed, with a future which is as bright as the noonday sun. Nothing can separate you from God's love, He surrounds you with His favour like a shield, He has blessed you beyond all you could think of and Jesus is coming back for you in the not too distant future. (1 Thessalonians 5:9-11)
You are highly favoured, greatly blessed and deeply loved and all because of Jesus. Thank you Lord.
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