It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings-Prov 25:2
I’m actually going through a time in my life where this verse has become very important. Oftentimes you face roadblocks, especially so when you are aiming to live a better life, a real life. Christ called us to be righteous, to live holy, to succeed. I am finding that continuing to grow,” being made perfect” as Hebrews puts it, is not always as automatic as it looks. Sometimes you get all the encouragement from your friends, the perfect bible verse for that issue or sin that has been getting the best of you….. you get all charged up with expectation and hope, that what you have fought for so long is finally going to be gone. Then the next day you find yourself making the same mistakes…..doing the same things you thought you’d been delivered from. After a while of going through this process, it can seem reasonable to just accept that maybe it’s just how life is. No one can really be perfect. God’s grace begins to look more like a convenient covering and less like a precious privilege. We just can’t win for losing………
NO!!!!!!!! I write this to you as much as I write to my own spirit. If there is one thing that is true, it is that God saved us from death as a GIFT. It was not and will never be earned by merit, and it was complete. Jesus shed his blood so that we could be perfect through the putting on of His righteousness. God calls us to perfection because it was given FREELY to us through the death and resurrection of his son Jesus. What has been left to us, is the working out of this perfection. We have been tasked with simply allowing God to work his transforming life all throughout our spirit, soul, and body. That is the humble and obedient life of a child of God. That is our glory, our joy, and our pleasure. To follow after God all the days of our lives.
So when we make mistakes[even the same ones over and over], and we have days where we feel like we just can’t be what God expects of us…..[1] remember Proverbs 25:2. [2] Do not fear repentance. And [3]remind yourself to KEEP PUSHING for perfection no matter what you have done. It is a privilege to seek God, to stumble and have the chance to repent, to test his Word, to discover His goodness in a seemingly dark situation. Like an excavator that discovers diamonds in the deep parts of the earth, it is our glory as Sons to search for the goodness of God. Every challenge along the way, every slip-up, every temptation, every hopeless thought……
is actually to His Glory as the Shepherd, and my glory as his Servant. For the victory was and is, already won!
Prayer: Father, I take my eyes off myself, and my many failures. Jesus died for all my sins, even the ones I didn’t expect to keep committing. Help me to turn again and believe that I can live a holy life. Show me the practical steps to take, so that I can continue in freedom. In Jesus name, I pray.