Do you ever look at your own life and think that even though you’re still kind of a wreck, it’s okay because you still have time to change? For those of us who are all too familiar, the thought process goes something like this: “Well, I’m not there yet, but there’s still time for me to clean up my act and get all holy before this is over and I have to face God.” Have you ever thought that way before? My guess is you have. I bet that even though you’ve believed in Jesus, there are sill places in your heart where you feel disappointed in yourself that you haven’t really cleaned up yet. It can be an overwhelming feeling, waking up every day to face the fact that you failed to measure up. You didn’t meet God’s standard and you didn’t even meet your own standards. At a certain point you look in the mirror and realize that it’s basically always going to be like this. I mean, sure, you’re not the person you used to be. God is slowly changing you, but the more open you become to His Spirit, the more you realize just how polluted you are and how deep the problem is rooted. No, it’s too late to fix this thing and that’s why Jesus came. Jesus not only met the standards, He changed the rules. He took your place in such a complete way that God is now satisfied that you have met the standards. Yes, you read that correctly. Because of Jesus, you didn’t clean it up, but God says you did. The new official story is that you are already holy, righteous, accepted and eternally putting a smile on God’s face.
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