Day 21 "You Are Righteous"
Innocent
Good Morning Beauties!
“Blessings crown the head of the righteous” Proverbs 10:6 (NIV)
There’s no better blessing than to know we have a right standing with God and will dwell with him forever. We don’t have to earn it, work harder for it, do everything perfect. We already have his complete approval through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. We will be found innocent on Judgement Day. Hallelujah!
We’re a society of earners. We earn our wages, we earn respect, we earn a good reputation. This way of thinking is temporal and not eternal. I still find myself, at times, trying to earn my righteousness. In these times, I catch myself and stop what I’m doing to ponder on the fact that I am already righteous because of what Jesus did for me, and there’s nothing I can do to change it. Working harder and behaving better will not change it. Failures in my life will not change it. Jesus has already completed the work so we can simply receive his gift.
What does today’s verse stir in your spirit? Can you relate to my struggle to try to earn righteousness? What message does the enemy tell you? Does he tell you to try harder, be more this or be more that? Can you identify areas in your life where you’re trying to earn God’s approval? Selah.
This song perfectly captures the truth about our righteousness. Perhaps listen to it a couple of times throughout the day to let this truth sink in.
Love and Blessings,
Kendra
“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”