Let’s be honest, I’m not perfect and I fail my God
every single day.
Let’s be honest, we ALL fail God daily.
I don’t know if you have heard the stereotype of
Christians being perfect, but I am here to tell you that I am not. Actually, to
be quite frank, I am far from it.
Here’s why I’m not perfect…
I don’t read my
Bible every day.
I have been more
physical with the opposite sex than I’d like to admit.
I do not have pure
thoughts.
I am mean to
others in actions and words.
I am prideful in
the things I have done and am going to do.
I fail at loving my
neighbors.
I don’t pray for
every prayer request someone gives me.
I don’t maintain
the relationships I already have.
To put it simply,
I don’t love like Jesus does.
I STINK at this whole being a Christian thing. I went
19 years of my life without knowing who Jesus is. I didn’t live my life for
Christ before that. I didn’t even know who Jesus was. Now that I have known
Christ since about this time in 2008, I still STINK at being a Christian. I
have Jesus in my heart and I want to glorify Him in everything I do, but
sometimes my sinful nature just takes over.
THIS is why I need Jesus.
I NEED Jesus to know that the price has been paid for
my failures.
Jesus died on that cross for me.
Jesus died on that cross for you.
Jesus died on that cross so that we can live & look
to him for His never-ending forgiveness.
We are forgiven.
The price has been paid!
Jesus wants us to call out to Him in repentance of the
ways we fail Him in our daily lives.
He will be there for us to rescue us from ourselves.
You see, here’s the thing, even though I fail Jesus
daily in most things that I do, HE STILL LOVES ME.
He still loves you.
No matter what you do, no matter how far away from God
you feel, He still loves you.
It’s hard for me to comprehend how much Jesus loves me.
Yet, scripture tells us that God knows everything about
us down to how many hairs we have on our very head (Luke 12:7).
Then I recall a verse that sums up Jesus’ love for us:
“But
God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners,
Christ died for us” Romans 5:8
Every time I think about how much I fail God, I am
reminded of a song called “Give Me Faith” by Elevation Worship.
“I may be weak; your
spirit’s strong in me. My flesh may fail; my God you never will.”
Remember that even though we are weak and imperfect as
the Christians that we are today, we have a God in Heaven that loves us despite
our shortcomings.
JESUS LOVES YOU DESPITE YOUR IMPERFECTIONS!
