Yom Ham-i-shi, Sivan 19, 6002 – June 15, 2017
In The Game
This morning as I was meditating on being thankful for something, it was difficult to choose. There are so many things in life for which my family and I are thankful. The one thing that stood out the most is that our Father never gives up on us. He is always right there to accept us when we turn to Him and try to get it right. When I played football in high school it was always good when the coach would call my name to put me in the game. It made me feel like in his eyes I had value. Our Father is so much better than that as He truly believes in us, even when we fail. He always takes us back on the team. He is always willing to put us in the game.
1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
In verse nine there is something I only saw this morning. It says He is “just” to forgive us, and cleanse us. Previously I mostly had considered His forgiveness as me begging and Him responding. This scripture makes a very different case to me. But if it is justice to forgive us, that is very different. It means that the rules (which are His rules) make it the right thing to do. Previously I would have thought that the devil had one up on me because I had to beg my Father to look the other way at my sin. Sin is a bad thing, yes, but if the rules say it is the right thing to forgive me, that is very different. That just reaffirms that the penalty has already been paid, and that it is legally and justifiably being applied to me. I am so thankful that our Messiah already paid the price for my sin, which is transgression of the Law. If I do not transgress the Law, then all the blessings are “due” me, and not the curses.
Galatians 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Today, let us be quick to repent from transgressions and to our Father, and be thankful that He forgives us.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will be done here, as it is there in the heavens. Send us today Your abundant blessing that we might bless others. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that trespass and transgress against us. Help us to not fall, but when we do, help us to call out to You, and lift us up. Cleanse our hearts and minds in a miraculous way, completely eliminating these thoughts and intents of evil without having to relive them. Deliver us Father. Restore the provisions that have been taken or held back seven fold. And more besides. Raise us up that we might lend and not borrow. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.