The other day while at the beach; I stood on the shore just far enough in so the waves would crash around me. I love doing this. Before long the natural will happen...the longer I stand in one spot the deeper I sink as the waves erode the sand around me. As I stood there watching my kids play in the beautiful warm blue water I had a beautiful moment of truth.
So the longer I stood there in the sand the deeper I went. If I took a step and left that spot I would see my once very visible footprint disapear. I've seen this happen many times before in my life.... but never before have I thought about it in this way.
Even though we know we are forgiven we still feel the weight of our guilt upon us for our past sins. Sometimes we can't move forward because we make our selves "sink" deeper underneath the weight of our sin. Everytime we feel God's forgiveness come and readily made available we don't fully accept it....because somehow we don't feel we are worthy. But what if we would just understand and accept the truth that God's Grace is bigger than our sin? What if I grasped that Christ's sacrifice is more than sufficent to forgive me and everybody in the world? If I just would accept this than my guilt and sin would disappear. I then in turn could move on and be a powerful witness to the world.
The longer we stand in the sand and sink in our guilt and sin the longer we are defeated. It's time to lift up our foot and take the next step and watch our past sins and guilts be washed away because of the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross for us. When we recject God's grace and continue in our guilt we are making the impact of God's Grace upon our lives of null effect. We should feel remorseful and repentant over our short comings...but once we approach God through Christ it is taken care of.
So take your foot out of the sand and watch the waves crash on the shore and take away what was holding you back. God is good!
Thank you for that good reminder!
Posted by: Lori | May 27, 2009 at 09:30 PM