the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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Daily Devotionals
Voice of the Lord
Look! God's lamb! The one who is taking away the sin of the world! (John 1:29)
You're going to have to sit down for this one because it's going to be tough. I have to have a word with you about the life of crime you've been leading. You've been pulling off some big heists lately. And you have to stop! The jig is up! It's time to come clean. "But I'm not a thief!"—you protest. The truth is you are. We are all thieves. You see, a thief is someone who takes what doesn't belong to him, but belongs to someone else.
So what is this big heist you've been pulling off? When Messiah died, he took all your sins, guilt, and burdens. But you're still carrying around your sins, your past, your guilt, worries, and the burdens of your life! Do you see now why you're a thief? In taking them back, you're stealing from Messiah!
Messiah took your sins and the burdens of your life. They are his. They don't belong to you anymore. If you are in possession of them, you're in possession of stolen property. So my fellow thieves, burglars, and criminals, remember Gulgolta (Golgotha)—the place where Yeshua died—and give back all you have stolen. Hand over your failures, worries, guilt, sins, and regrets to their rightful owner. The jig is up! It's time to renounce your life of crime and come clean!
...write down one worry, one burden, and one sin that I've stolen back from Messiah. I'll give these to the Lord in prayer and destroy the paper, allowing them to remain forever in his hands.
JC
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