Had a moment today.

Reviewing the days to come, events to plan, children to bless, people to call, meetings to arrange, issues to evaluate…oh..so many things.

As I sat there, an uninvited burden entered the room and sat rudely on my shoulders, whispering incessant reminders of my weakness and faults. Took a hold of my soul, a threatening grip. A laundry list of failures pulled out of my past and recited before me. A scrutinizing evaluation of my heart.

It was a moment today… when lies tried to silence truth. When darkness tried to blot out the blinding light of salvation.

You’re right, I replied.

Silence.

You’re right.
I can’t.
But, Christ can.
And that Christ lives in me. He is the Alpha and Omega that part the Red Sea, that fed the five thousand, that raised Lazarus, that cast out your minions, who died on the cross and rose to glory……that I may be able to look upon your accusations and deem them NULL AND VOID.

There is no integrity, intelligence, or strength in me that grants me merit. But I wear this badge of salvation, a sign that declares all such depravity…. NULL AND VOID.

You’re note on my failures and weaknesses is quite accurate, I admit. Your condemning score keeping on my life is quite impeccable I must say.
But, you seemed to have missed a few details…

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!” Galatians 2:20-21