"Washed Up, Not Out"

"Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law." (Psalms 119:136)

  If you ever thought that you were not worthy of God's love, you are not alone! It is extremely sad to see people that leave the faith because they are convicted of the very thing that Jesus came and died for! Is it hard to be righteous and holy before a Holy God? No, it is impossible! If it was a matter of difficulty, the Jews would have had the greatest chances to get it right; but did they? Here is the thing that brings us to our knees and keeps us humble before the God that loves us; because without God's precious Son, the sacrifice He gave to save us, there would absolutely be no hope for any of us, at all! There are a couple of ways to view this verse; either from that of self-righteousness or that of being convicted. For the sake of time and whatever reason, I will only focus upon the view of being convicted, as in, David is realizing that he has a problem with lust. It might not be news to anyone that knows some of David's blunders, because he had a couple that caused God to take off His belt. Unfortunately, they both involved the lust of the eyes; one was the flesh, the other was power. I don't care how strong that you might think you are, given the right set of circumstances and frame of mine, you are never as strong as you think you are. This is why we must stay humble and remain totally dependent upon God's power, not our own. If we are going to finish this race, let alone stand any chance of winning, we are only going to do it by abiding in Christ Jesus. What that requires is for us to admit that we are broken, miserably broken; and it is Jesus that holds all of this brokenness together! Maybe that might not be a perfect picture of an able runner; but feast your eyes upon the Champion! Look at what He endured upon the cross, and see what real brokenness looks like. Talk about being beautifully broken! Then again, if we know what we are, running becomes very easy...

"With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it. My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters. I would be willing to be forever cursed -cut off from Christ! -if that would save them." (Romans 9:1-3) NLT