Tuesday May 7 2012:
Revelation
3:18b: “.......And also buy white garments so you will not be shamed by your
nakedness..........”
These ‘garments’ signify
purity, which God sees in us when we are forgiven by his Son, Jesus Christ. Our
sins are buried so deeply that God does not see them anymore. When we communicate (pray) to God, He sees us
as perfect in white garments.
We cannot
do anything to earn these white robes-they are provided when Jesus becomes our
Saviour by being invited and to forgive our sins.
Many people I know are trying
so hard to be good enough to earn a place in heaven but in ourselves we can
never accomplish enough “goodness” to be worthy of heaven. Often there is no
joy in performing good deeds but it is the goal that keeps us doing it. How sad
that we wear ourselves out trying to accomplish earthly perfection when it is
impossible!
Even though, perfection is required to enter into the Heavenly
realm, the only way to accomplish it is to accept the free gift of salvation.
Acceptance is simple; ask Jesus to forgive you and come into your life and live
in you. As you do this, the Holy Spirit
enters your spirit and dwells in you thereby enabling you to live by the faith
that is given and, in God’s sight, we become perfect, clothed in pure white,
garments that hide our nakedness or impurity and enable us to enter into the Holy Kingdom
Prayer for today: Father,
God, How I thank you today for making it so easy for me to be welcomed into your Kingdom. You have enabled me to become perfect in your
sight. I am so thankful that I don’t
need to earn my way into heaven but you have made it possible for me to accept
your free gift of salvation by simply acknowledging that Jesus is Lord and
through this action my sins are forgiven and you see me as perfect in your
sight. Help my unbelief and increase my
faith, In Jesus name, Amen.
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