Lord will be delivered
Joe, 2:32 NASB
Do you ever feel inadequate? Unworthy? Most of us do from time to time. And we all know people who we think are too successful to have those same feelings.
Martin Luther, the sixteenth-century German preacher and Bible scholar who initiated the protestant Reformation, sounds like the type of man who would be eminently sure of himself. Any man who would dare to publicly question the theology of his church in a time when it could cost him his life could not be a man who had doubts about himself. Or could he?
In truth, Luther spent his early years obsessed by his presumed unworthiness. He periodically fasted and mistreated his body in an attempt to "earn" God's favor. On a pilgrimage to Rome, he climbed the steps of pilate on his knees, kissing each step. He wrote later that in those years he was constantly confessing his sins to God, yet he never felt he had done enough.
One day while reading the book of Romans, Luther realized he could not earn his salvation. The Bible says we recieve salvation, not earn his salvation. The Bible says we receive salvation, we do not earn it. (See Romans 4:13,14) those verse of scripture liverated Luther, radically changing his opinion that it was his works which made him worthy of God's grace.
He recognized Jesus Christ had already done all the "earning" necessary for his salvation. He simply Needed to receive what Jesus had done that He had paid the price for his sin on the cross by faith.
On days when we fall flat on our faces in failures or just feel low, we need to remind ourselves that our mistakes are not the end of the world. Our inadequacy is not our doom. Our salvation doesn't depend on how well we manage to color inside the lines!
Perfection may be our aim, but when we realize we haven't arrived there, we need to relax and turn to the Lord, saying, "Forgive me for what i have done, and for what I have left undone. I trust You to be my Savior, my Deliverer, my Hope, and my perfectionj." He is and He always wiil be!"
It is You
Verse: Let there be light
And there was light
In you i will abide
Your word is alive
It's You i gave my praised
Because of your love
And the goodness of the Lord
Be upon us today
He's justly, yes justly
In all His ways!
Verse: Because of You
I am revived
You touched my life
Because of You
I gave my praised!
Because of your love
In His presence
Your Holy Presence
I will never be the same
I will praised You
And worship You
My King!
Chorus: It is You My Jesus
It is You My Lord!
I'll surrender my whole life to you
It is You My Jesus
It is You My Lord
I'll surrender everything to You
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