You know how it is when something has happened in your relationship with someone and the next time you see each other there is a “thing” between you? Well, we are blessed to be able to come to the Lord at any time and every time without carrying any angst about any kind of “thing,” He may have towards or against us.
That is an enormously freeing truth to consider, and it is uniquely true of our relationship with Him. No human being is capable of such a love. With Him, we are always warmly welcomed. We are always affectionately embraced. We are always understood. He is never mad at us. He is never disgusted. He is never disappointed. He is never surprised.
In our less-than-our-best moments, days or even weeks, He is always deeply concerned, not for His sake, but for ours. When we are unloving towards others He is grieved because He loves all of us with all His heart. But He never withdraws. He never sulks. He remains engaged with us. He speaks the truth to us in love, just as He has directed us to do so with each other.
Such is the grace in which we stand. It is not because God is any less holy or any less righteous than He ever has been, but 100% because of “this grace in which we stand” (Romans 5:2). Christ’s body, broken for us remains His eternal and unchanging “I love you” to each one of us. His shed blood remains the full and perfect payment for our eternal, New Covenant status and identity as His forgiven and dearly loved ones.
So, whether we come to Him with great energy and abounding joy, or whether we come sorrowfully and burdened, whether we come victoriously or feeling defeated, He welcomes us and bids us to fear not. There is no “thing” between our soul and our Savior.
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