I just woke up and something popped into my head
Do you guys ever just sit with the thought that we are genuinely wretched? Like not in a depressing way but in a way that makes God’s love much more impactful??
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. When I really sit down and reflect on myself, my sins, my selfishness, the stuff I do even when I know better.
I am filth. I’m disgusting compared to God’s holiness. And I don’t mean that in a “woe is me” self pity way at all.
I mean it in the way that makes grace actually MEAN something.
Because if I was pretty good on my own, why would I need a Savior? But when I actually look at myself clearly and see how fallen I am, and then I look at the cross… it wrecks me every time. He looked at all of that ugliness and said “I want you anyway. I’m dying for you anyway.”
The more honest I am about how undeserving I am, the bigger His love gets. It’s like the ugliness becomes a mirror that just reflects how insanely merciful God is.
Anyone else find that real self-honesty actually brings you CLOSER to God instead of pushing you away?
Quitting sin brings us closer to God, confessing and forsaking sin is the path to righteousness and to show God we love him after we realize we received His mercy.
Isaiah 59:1-2 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.
That’s the beauty of this paradox. God’s Gospel clothes us with Christs rightousness while we are still sinners. We are wretched dead men without the blood of our Savior. Our sickness makes God draw near.
The Lord is close to the broken heart and saves those crushed in Spirit. We are weary, and he gives us rest ❤️