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Grasp How Great Is God's Love

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by She_Flourishes

by She_Flourishes

One day, as I was praying when my church was giving Holy communion. I took time to meditate on Christ's death on the cross and the power of it. I thought of how sinful I am and how horrible I am without my Jesus. Then, it hit me, I realised that God knew the mistakes I would make. The Bible tells us how God knew Jeremiah before he was even born (Jeremiah 1:5), revealing that God knows us before we are even born. God has a plan for us before we were here. A mission and purpose for our lives. God wanted me to be a woman of God for His glory but the problem? Sin.

God wanted us to be in perfect communion with Him, serving and loving Him.

The problem?
Sin

And even after we are saved we fail because of sin. Our flesh seeks to pull us down and further from God. The enemy seeks to bring us down.

I imagined myself, as a Christain and a woman of God, messing up and falling short of God's glory but I also imagined at that moment, despite my weakness and sin that as God's wrath was about to consume me, as the Holy perfect God was about to pour His wrath upon me because of my wickedness that Christ comes in front of me and instead God's wrath is experienced by Him. He was a shield. A protector, a replacement for me. He got hit, He got slain, He got bruised while I remain perfectly untouched.

At that moment I felt tears. I felt touched and I realised how great is the love of God. Even knowing I'll make mistakes and fall short that He sent His son to come as the shield. Instead of me being harmed, Christ is harmed so that the mission and purpose of why I was sent here should be accomplished. He wanted me to serve Him, be in relationship with Him and that sin that intervenes will be crushed by the blood of Jesus shed for me.

I want us to truly grasp how great is the love of God. How truly precious it is that Christ came to be wounded so you can be in relationship with the Father. Recognise this, repent and change so you can be all God has called you to be for there was Jesus who died so you can walk in the fullness of your calling.

-etty