Is. 53:6
All of us have strayed away like sheep.
We have left God’s path to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the guilt and sins of
us all.
Sheep are interesting creatures. They are so engrossed in their grazing when
they eat that they are oblivious to where they are going or what is going on
around them. They are not concerned
about anything but feasting on what is before them. They know what they want and go for it until
they get their fill. They often wander
away from their shepherd’s protective care and must be sought after and brought
back. We are much like sheep.
All of us are prone to wander away from
God. No one is so spiritually-minded
that he is beyond the ability to stray and fall into sin. We think we are, but we need to be careful
about what we believe about ourselves.
We are inherently inclined to sin.
It comes naturally for us and will be a problem for us all of our
earthly lives. We want to do what we
want to do, and when it conflicts with what God wants us to do, we often win
out. We feast on the pleasures set
before us and wander around seeking more of them without regard to whether or
not they are good for us or take us away from God’s protective care into the
dangerous clutches of Satan.
Yet, we don’t have to be victims of our sinful
tendencies We can resist our urges and
choose to do what pleases God instead of ourselves. We can minimize the times we fall into
sin. We can break sin’s death grip on
us. God laid on Jesus our sin, guilt and
shame. He determined that He would do
that which otherwise would be impossible for us to. Jesus satisfied God’s demand for justice
against sin. He stood between God and
man and declared innocent all who put their faith in Him, and God said that is
was good. In Christ we are made righteous
and acceptable to God.
Only in Christ can our wandering days come to an
end. Only in Christ are we kept
safe. Only in Christ do we find that
which is good for our souls. Only in
Christ are we able to find our way home to God.
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