Day 24 "You Are Righteous"
Good Morning Beauties!
If you’re in Minnesota, you’re waking up to gusty winds with snow and below zero temperatures. As I look out my window, I see little “snow tornados” dancing on the ground. So much turbulence to see with our eyes.
Instead of feeling nervous about today’s driving conditions, I’m surprisingly calm. The Lord has reassured me, just as He controlled the winds and the water when the disciples were in the boat while He slept below deck, He is in control now. I will not be shaken when I trust and rely on the goodness and faithfulness of God.
I hope you’re enjoying examining your righteousness this week. Knowing that you’re in “right standing” with your Creator is life changing to those of us who tried to earn His acceptance and love. Once you know this Truth in your mind, you can start believing it in your heart and walking it out in your life.
Romans 3:20-30 puts it all together for us; our righteousness, salvation, sanctification, forgiveness, and justification. It says, “Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin. But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus. Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.”
God’s amazing Grace and Salvation through Faith in Jesus Christ is for us all! “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 NIV
So what about it? Do you truly believe in your righteousness that saves you through the work of Christ? Will you stop striving to be good enough through works of the flesh and release it all to God? What are you still holding on to? Will you open your heart and give it to Him today? Selah.
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Love and Blessings,
Kendra
“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”