"The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, and none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned." (Psalm 34:22)
I saw an article yesterday, "Getting over the first Hump Day of 2009." For so many millions on this planet, all of life is just something to "get over."
The promise in our text is to every living soul on the planet who lives just for the "weekends" of life. Trust in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will not "be condemned," literally, "found guilty, punished, will not perish." There are those who, even after many years of walking as a Believer, still wrestle with their acceptance "in the Beloved." They walk guilty, punished, and perishing. Life is one big, depressing "getting over the hump day."
The theology and reality in our text is easy to preach about and "confess," but difficult to receive in our spirits. If I am in Jesus Christ and He in me, if His Words abide in me, if my life is lived, not just spoken of, as a life of absolute dependency in Jesus Christ for everything, I am not condemned, I am not found guilty, I am not punished, and will not perish. In fact, it is quite the opposite--- "There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus," there is no guilt in Jesus, no punishment in Jesus, no perishing in Jesus, just the great promise, "He redeems (ransoms, releases, preserves) the soul of His servants."
Maybe today we just need to discover afresh the simple, yet very costly grace in Jesus Christ. Simple, because "trust and obey" is the entrance key; costly, because it cost Jesus His Blood, His suffering, His Cross, His grave. And, you will find another great "discovery" --- His Resurrection power and the best remedy to the "Hump Day" malaise. We are in Father's love, seated "in heavenly places in Christ Jesus," and here, right there before that computer, right now-----------------------in the Holy Spirit!
Father, in Jesus' Name, I am worthy only of condemnation. I receive not what I am worthy of, but what Your Grace bestows. Amen.
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