It’s Friday…He Completely Undid Us

Bankruptcy. The life of faith begins when we confess bankruptcy. In order to accept Jesus Christ as Savior we must accept our need. We can’t have His righteousness without denying our own; we cannot have His holiness without confessing our sin; and we cannot receive His redemption without owning up to our bondage. We are bankrupt before Him, and we’re deceived if we don’t know it.

The beauty of the Cross is its ugliness. God left us no aesthetic religion to idolize, no self-effort to perfect, no Law to fulfill. He Completely Undid Us by doing it all Himself.

The way to become godly now is not to try to be godly; it is to declare our ungodliness and cast its cost on Another. The way to become pure now is not to try to be pure; it is to declare our impurity and ask for the heart and mind of Another. The way to live is not to try to seek life; it is to die and let Another live in our place.

“You are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God – that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.” (1 Corinthians 1:30)

We thought the wisdom of God was to make us a better version of ourselves – through works, service, intellect, philosophies, religion, and more. But in His wisdom, Jesus did not come to make us better. He came to do away with our old self entirely to birth something new. And we take hold of that by embracing the ugly, ignoble Cross. Only then can newness come.

Let’s never despise the humble appearance of God’s plan. Make no mistake – the Cross was not at first gilded with gold to adorn church steeples or necklines. It was first a place of disgrace. It was a symbol of death. It was brutal and ugly, horrid and shameful. But it was God’s way!

From the foundation of the world, God ordained that His priceless treasure be dressed in very plain clothes.

So, let’s not ever attempt to avoid the unattractive path God has planned by dressing it up into something that it isn’t. Let’s turn to Jesus on the Cross instead. Let’s now and always see Him as a reminder that priceless treasures are in broken vessels.

Have a priceless weekend. Make it better by worshiping The LORD with those who not just wear the Cross, but have been broken and healed by it, and now are unafraid to declare its message.

All For Jesus – Nothing More, Nothing Less, Nothing Else.

“He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, The King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see, to Him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.” (1 Timothy 6:15b-16)