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I Nailed It

Read: Numbers 10:1-11:23, Mark 14:1-21, Psalm 51:1-19, Proverbs 10:31-32

Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just. (Psalm 51:4)

I Nailed It

Relate: Every now and then wikipedia nails it. I know this is true because I’ve written and edited a few articles myself, and if I wrote it… I nailed it. Seriously, though, that’s pride. That’s sin. My attitude seem like harmless fun but sin is never harmless. Getting back to wikipedia, it defines sin as “the act of violating God’s will“ and “anything that violates the ideal relationship between an individual and God.” They nailed it. All sin, even my “harmless” pride is sin against God. It may or may not be damaging to other people, but it is always an act of war against God.

 

React: The fact is, I go to war with God every day. Against Him and Him only have I sinned and I do it over and over and over. I don’t want to, but my pride is a hammer driving nails in His wrist. My lust is a thorn digging deep into His brow. My lies are a slap in the face of the God of truth. My greed and selfishness are splinters from a rough hewn crossbeam digging deep into His back. The warfare that is me wanting to do things my way and trying to live by my rules are what drove Him to the cross.

That is the beauty of the mystery of His grace. God is all powerful, He didn’t have to let impact Him but He did. I took my sin and I nailed it into His flesh. But then he held onto it. He carried it to the cross. My, your sin, our sin dug deep into Him to the point that He who knew no sin became sin for us. He held on to it all the way to the grave… and then he left it there. And now it is no more. My sin is a big deal, but His grace is even bigger.

 

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God, let me never think lightly of my sin. Let the anguish of my soul be, “Against You and You only have I sinned.” Help me to walk ever closer to the standard You have set for me. And when I fail, help me to be quick to repent but also do not let me be buried under a burden of guilt. Help me to hear You say, “I nailed it. I’ve taken it to the cross and buried it. You are now dead to sin and alive in me.”