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THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD - PSALMS 145:18

JESUS DIED FOR ALL SIN-THE OBVIOUS SINS OF MURDER, ADULTERY, AND THEFT, AS WELL AS FOR THE SECRET SINS OF SELFISHNESS AND PRIDE. HE HIMSELF BORE OUR SINS IN HIS BODY ON THE CROSS. THIS WAS SIN'S FINAL CURE.

GOD LOVES US SO MUCH THAT HE HIMSELF TOOK ON OUR GUILT. HE INTERNALIZED ALL OUR SIN AND HEALED IT. WHEN IT WAS OVER HE SAID, "IT IS FINISHED!" THERE IS NOTHING LEFT FOR US TO DO BUT TO ENTER INTO FORGIVING ACCEPTANCE-AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE ALREADY ENTERED IT, TO ENTER INTO MORE OF IT.

THE SHEPHERD CALLS TO US AND LISTENS FOR THE SLIGHTEST SOUNDS OF LIFE. HE HEARS THE FAINTEST CRY. IF HE HEARS NOTHING AT ALL, HE WLL NOT GIVE UP OR GO AWAY. HE LETS US WANDER AWAY, HOPING THAT WEARINESS AND DESPAIR WILL TURN US AROUND. AND WHEN WE TURN TO HIM, HE IS THERE TO GREET US. HE HAS BEEN THERE ALL ALONG. "THE LORD IS NEAR TO ALL WHO CALL UPON HIM.

BUT YOU SAY, "WHY WOULD HE WANT ME? HE KNOWS MY SIN, MY WANDERING, MY LONG HABITS OF YIELDING. I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH. I'M NOT SORRY ENOUGH FOR MY SIN. I'M UNABLE NOT TO SIN.

OUR WAYWARDNESS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EXPLAINED TO GOD. HE'S NEVER SURPRISED BY ANYTHING WE DO. HE SEES EVERYTHING AT A SINGLE GLANCE-WHAT IS, WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN, WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN APART FROM OUR SINFUL CHOICES.

HE SEES INTO THE DARK CORNERS AND CRANNIES OF OUR HEARTS AND KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT US THERE IS TO KNOW. BUT WHAT HE SEES ONLY DRAWS OUT HIS LOVE. THERE IS NO DEEPER MOTIVATION IN GOD THAN LOVE. IT IS HIS NATURE TO LOVE; HE CAN DO NO OTHER, FOR "GOD IS LOVE" (1 JOHN 4:8).

TO KNOW THAT GOD IS LIKE THIS AND TO KNOW THIS GOD IS REST. HE IS THE ONE THING THAT WE NEED. HE LOVES US SO MUCH. GOD BLESS YOU AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED DAY*************
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