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 it
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 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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