Imperishable Inheritance

“Real faith hon­ors Christ because it looks away from any of our own sup­posed ‘wor­thi­ness’ and looks to the right­eous­ness of Christ. We put our faith in the per­son and promises of Christ. If we have the wrong per­son, we do not have the faith. If we have the wrong promises, we do not have the faith. Christ is fully and eter­nally God, and he promises awe­some things to those who trust in him, even secured for­give­ness, a secured future, and eter­nal life.” — Aaron S.

I have learned much recently of not only what it means to receive and main­tain the right­eous­ness of Christ but also what it means to sub­mit to His com­plete author­ity and guid­ance. It is in Him that I find my strength and guid­ance. I think deeply upon how much the beauty of Christ not only cov­ers my iniq­uity but pushes me above moral neu­tral­ity. He is the only source of ulti­mate sat­is­fac­tion, and it is this rev­e­la­tion to which the beau­ti­ful mercy of God becomes clear.

I think of what it what it must be like for Your cre­ation to con­tin­u­ally turn away from you. We were con­tin­u­ally “fool­ish, dis­obe­di­ent, led astray, slaves to var­i­ous pas­sions and plea­sures, pass­ing our days in mal­ice and envy, hated by oth­ers and hat­ing one another” (Tit 3:3), and we could not even dis­cern what it meant for you to bring a peo­ple to your­self from Your dis­obe­di­ent cre­ation (1 Cor 1:18; Rom 9:22–24).

I don’t know why you con­tinue to purse after Israel despite the depth of our dis­obe­di­ence. Thank you for remem­ber­ing your promise (Rom 9:6). Thank you that are con­tin­u­ing to build Your Body.