Dean Burnetti posted: " Colossians 1:22-23 – "Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault. But y"
Colossians 1:22-23 – "Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault. But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don't drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News."
Sunday after church, I took my wife to one of her favorite clothing stores. In order to get there, I had to go through a parking attendant. I could tell this young lady was not in a good mood pretty quickly. At some point after having passed my credit card to pay for parking, I started to pull away when she snapped at me, "Where are you think you're going?" It was because I hadn't reached out to grab the parking coupon that was printed by the machine next to where she stood. She looked at me with a snarl and just a meanness in her eyes. I looked right back at her just as meanly. Even though I didn't say anything, I gave her that look. You know the one that says "I am just as mean" right back.
We all have events like this that occur almost every week. It's the things that we wish we could take back.
It is in those times that, even though we went to church that very morning, we feel that we have fallen short of our calling. It could be very easy to be taken over by our guilt. And be assured, Satan uses those moments to take us off of our path. To prevent us from witnessing to a person. To prevent us from sharing the Gospel with someone else. To keep us from listening to the Holy Spirit, even if it's only for a moment.
It is in those times that we have to bring ourselves back to a quick place of asking God to forgive us for our reactions and to get us back where we need to be. Back to a place where we know that we stand blameless before God without a single fault. Not because of what we have done but because of who He is.
Today, start this week living in the assurance that you are without fault. Even when you give the mean look to another. That you are holy and blameless. That you still stand firmly in the truth.
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