"All have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious standard. Yet now God in His gracious kindness declares us not guilty. He has done this through Christ Jesus, who has freed us by taking away our sins." ~NLT
I am sure we have ALL heard this verse..."All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God..." but the book I am reading makes reference to a person doing a pole vault...and because I have done cross country in high school I can in-vision this...but I was also thinking of the long jump (which I competed in). Imagine this with me...standing at the sandpit, the first jumper runs then leaps his feet hit the sand with a perfect landing. The judge checks his measurements then the next person jumps, they fall but the judge still counts where their heels hit...it is slightly behind the first jumper. Now its your turn...your run then leap...you make a good landing in the sand...but notice its over a foot behind the first jumper...do you win? NO!
I say all this to point out, it doesnt matter if you are slightly behind the first jumper or a mile behind him (exaggerating of course)...you dont win if you dont measure up to the standard that he sat. Same with God, He is a perfect God...without sin...we try to live and be kind or giving or loving or "a good person" BUT it doesnt measure up to a perfect God!
Jesus came to earth as a baby, lived 33 years, and died a terrible death on a cross. He didnt die for His sins...He died for ours!!! He died so that when we die we can live with Him in heaven for eternity...His gift of life is free!!!
We missed the mark, ALL of us...Shift your focus to the future though, not the past because of Jesus guilt and fear of punishment no longer weigh you down. You are FREE to run and jump farther and higher than EVER before!
I hope you all have a blessed day!
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