Live in the measurements of God (cont'd)
Psalm 103:11-12 (NIV)
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His love for those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
We looked yesterday at the measurement of God's love towards us who fear Him. I don't know about you but I was both blessed and impressed.
The same Psalm mentions a second measurement that has equal potential to redefine and revolutionize your walk with God and your day-to-day experience of this thing called Christianity. It is the measurement concerning the extent of God's forgiveness toward our sins and transgressions. How forgiven are we and what's the measurement?
According to God's Word the measurement for the removal of our sins is "as far as the east is from the west". Would you be able to measure that? No, nor would I, because that's a long way. Let's face it there is bound to be some bright spark right now that could give the exact measurement of the divide between the east and the west of planet earth. Here is my thought: what if God was not speaking of the measurements of a singular planet but rather the entire universe? Now that really is a big, old measurement. It makes sense to me, because the measurement He used to describe His love for us left the limiting boundaries of just planet earth, (as far as the heavens are above the earth) so why would the boundaries of His forgiveness of our sins not follow the same track?
I suppose the choice is yours whether to view it as the east and west of the earth or the universe but I will go ahead and choose the universe because in that option is the possibility of infinity!
The bottom line this morning is to realise and accept that Jesus did a fantastic job of settling the sin issue for you by providing His life as settlement for its full requirements, and in doing so He removed it far, far away. Righteousness reigns where there is no sin, so go ahead and today let righteousness reign in your life!
Think about those two measurements and apply them to your life today and tomorrow and hey, why not the rest of your life.
Bless you,
Andy
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