Jesus Paid it All!!

"Jesus paidd it allll, alll to Him I owweee... Sin had left a crimson stain, He wasshhed it white as snow, HE washed it white as SNOW!" (hear the music? feel the slow, but steady build-up? can't wait to jump into that excrutiatingly loud bridge line?? - OH PRAISE THE ONE WHO PAID MY DEBT, and RAISED THIS LIFE UP FROM THE DEAD!)

Ahh... good 'ole worship... we know what's going to happen, so we plan for it, we practice it, we stick to the moment and get all that we can out of it......... and then Monday hits and we find ourselves, on our knees at 10pm, prayyyying to God, "God, please forgive me! Take away my sin, wash me and purify me, make me whole once again!!" - possibly cry out and shed a few tears (possibly) until we feel reassured and feel a little better that God has once again provided His amazing mercy and grace over our lives...

The days go by and the weekend hits, and what feels to be a dry spout again in our life begins to become a BUBBLING spring!! (it's bubbling, it's bubbling.. it's bubbling in my SOUL!) YEY, the weekend!! A time of deliverance, revival, fellowship with our Christian friends, a time of meetings and church services.... another opportunity to be fake in the prescence of God all over again!!! YEY!! .......

Some of you might have caught that. Others.. not so much :) That's okay, I have yet to 'preach' or tell a person something that I have not struggled with myself. This is how I know that even the "least of these" can be used to bring God glory.

But I've been thinking about all that God has done for us. The amount of Love that He had for us to give up His Son upon that cross - with each and every hammer slammed against the nails, our flesh, our SIN, was being hung up on that cross...

I recently read a devotional about how our God is The Good Shepherd - you see, shepherds don't beat their sheep and hope they go in the right direction that he wants them to go... NOPE, instead, the shepherd would spend every moment of his life taking care of his sheep, whether awake or asleep, he is there among his sheep. If the pen that the sheep are in doesn't have a gate, the shepherd would actually sleep in the opening of the pen, so that none would get out (or come in) without his knowledge. He is their protector and he lays down his life for his sheep. Spending time amongst his sheep, he develops an amazing relationship with his sheep, and in turn, the sheep look to the shepherd for guidance because they acknowledge he is their master.

With all that God has given up for us, although we will never be able to fully repay Him, shouldn't we at least offer up ourselves to Him as a "reasonable sacrifice" and devote our time and efforts to Him? Not JUST on the weekends? Maybe with all that God has given up for us, shouldn't we at LEAST be adament in our walk with Him to not stray off His path that He wants for us? Maybe... just mayyyybe we can sing a song to Him and not just mean it for the moment, but also mean it come Monday morning, and all throughout the week JUST by living it out in our lives??

Maybe. I encourage you guys - be conscious of all that He has done for us, live a life pure in His eyes, and not just because we're "supposed to" - becuase it's not about the rules, it's about the relationship. So... let's bring truth to this statement:

"Sin has left a crimson stain, HE WASHED IT WHITE AS SNOW"

If it has been washed, and we believe it, let's not turn back to it. He deserves more of us than this...

God bless