Do you want to walk out of the darkness?
Posted by Nie Cristal on Sunday, June 14, 2009
Under: life testimony
Today's devotion: 1 John 1:5-10
"If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth." ~ 1 John 1:6
Our relationship with God can never change, but our fellowship with Him can. At times, our fellowship with God breaks, then be restored again, and the cycle continues. Some people choose to stay in broken fellowship; some choose to stay in bonded fellowship: we, too, can make a choice here.
We sin throughout our lives. And somehow, we tend to weigh our own sins - is it a big sin or a small sin. But to God, sin means sin, no such difference as big or small. When your whole piece of white clothe is dirtied by a tiny little black dot, it's no longer a pure white clothe. And God cannot be with us when we carry sin in us, because He is a holy God and can never be together with sin. For God even had to forsake His only Son, Jesus Christ, while Jesus was bearing all our sins on the cross. (Matthew 27:45-46) That's why the Bible tells us clearly that sin separates us from God.
Now brothers and sisters, let's hand out this impure white clothes of ours to God for cleaning and renewal constantly, as we know we sin everyday. And it's only Jesus' precious blood that can wash them clean and make them pure again. Remember, God doesn't mind how many time do you send your dirtied clothe to His laundry, He even promotes and says, "come for free unlimited laundry service here!" All you need to do is to choose to hand it out to Him, be grateful for 'free laundry' and remind yourself that you have to give your best in maintaining the cleanliness and purity of your cloth. Especially, we should already learn to avoid the white clothe from the same dirt it had before.
All these are not easy to do, but they are not impossible to be obeyed. Remember, obedience is your best strategy to move God's heart. God bless..
"If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth." ~ 1 John 1:6
Our relationship with God can never change, but our fellowship with Him can. At times, our fellowship with God breaks, then be restored again, and the cycle continues. Some people choose to stay in broken fellowship; some choose to stay in bonded fellowship: we, too, can make a choice here.
We sin throughout our lives. And somehow, we tend to weigh our own sins - is it a big sin or a small sin. But to God, sin means sin, no such difference as big or small. When your whole piece of white clothe is dirtied by a tiny little black dot, it's no longer a pure white clothe. And God cannot be with us when we carry sin in us, because He is a holy God and can never be together with sin. For God even had to forsake His only Son, Jesus Christ, while Jesus was bearing all our sins on the cross. (Matthew 27:45-46) That's why the Bible tells us clearly that sin separates us from God.
Now brothers and sisters, let's hand out this impure white clothes of ours to God for cleaning and renewal constantly, as we know we sin everyday. And it's only Jesus' precious blood that can wash them clean and make them pure again. Remember, God doesn't mind how many time do you send your dirtied clothe to His laundry, He even promotes and says, "come for free unlimited laundry service here!" All you need to do is to choose to hand it out to Him, be grateful for 'free laundry' and remind yourself that you have to give your best in maintaining the cleanliness and purity of your cloth. Especially, we should already learn to avoid the white clothe from the same dirt it had before.
All these are not easy to do, but they are not impossible to be obeyed. Remember, obedience is your best strategy to move God's heart. God bless..
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