| | "Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched, weak and wounded, sick and sore; Jesus ready stands to save you, full of pity joined with power."
Today I had many doubts as to my Salvation. This was brought on because of these latter-days of sin that I have turned to. And so it is that while my heart is in such a dull state that I loose my confidence and assurance. Where is the promised victory? What is this rest that is mine in Christ? When will I spring up with living water so that I overflow? I am weary of my sin yes, but I am also weary of my fight to walk unto the honor of the Lord. Am I seeking a righteousness of my own apart from Christ? Am I defeated seemingly over and over again because I am all the while striving to appease the Law which will only be my death; or is this the heart of the righteous fight of the Christian?
Now I say, "Flee to Christ, my soul. No longer look to thyself. There is only condemnation and guilt apart from the One whose blood washes away every sin. Quick…safe to the Rock that is higher than me."
O Father, save me unto Thy righteousness. Remember me in Thy mercy. Redeem me by Thy Everlasting Love. And empower me by Thy Spirit to walk in the joy of Salvation and Life in Christ Jesus.
The Father says, "Come, everyone who thirsts."
The Son says, "Come unto Me, all who are weary and heavy laden."
The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come."
And I cry, "I am coming…only save me!"
Whisper Thy peace to my soul and let me to walk in Thy ways.
This Lord’s Day was also the Lord’s Supper. All the while I was plagued with the enormity of my sin and guilt—Oh how my heart has been so hard—the things I have done in secret, the thoughts I have harbored in my heart, the words I have spoken without love, the worldly pleasures that have given me empty amusement, and how I have abstained from the only spring of Truth as I have neglected the reading of the Word of Life. These sins have brought me turmoil; these sins have made my spirit to shrivel and have made my bones to rot. And now as I approach the holy Table of the Lord, my guilt rises, my spirit shrinks and doubts arise to condemn me in my sins. I look to the table, and shall I take of these elements to salve my soul with deceptions? "No!" I cry, "No more shall I trample the blood of Christ, for by my returning to sin after sin after sin, I only prove myself to be as a dog that returns to its own vomit. No more shall I come to the Supper—I am a sinner." But it is the Spirit of Christ who speaks to me, "Sinners I came to save. Take and eat; this is My body broken for you. And take and drink; this is My blood that does wash thee from thy iniquities so that I will remember thy sins no more. Thy sin, indeed, is great, but where thy sin abounds so much more does My grace abound to cleanse thee from every spot and to present thee pure and blameless before the Throne of Glory! Take…and Live."
Whisper to me Thy peace, Oh my Lord and my God, for Thou dost know that I love Thee. Restore me in Thy mercy and love that I may bless Thee in my life.
"In the arms of Christ my Savior, Oh there are ten thousand charms!"
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| | Posted 7/23/2006 10:28 PM - 9 comments
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