When He Says We Aren't Good Enough
When He Says We Aren’t Good Enough
Mark 2:17 “When Jesus heard it, he saith
unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are
sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come
short of the glory of God;”
James 1:8 “A double minded man is unstable
in all his ways.”
Whoa!
It’s a heavy thing to hear the Master of the universe say you’re not
good enough. Oh He loves you and lah dee
dah, but you don’t cut the mustard. In
His presence you’d surely vaporize in the face of His holiness. As fecal refuse scraped off the sidewalk of
life, so we’d be dispensed to the offal collection bin. He minces no words here. A sea of maggots lapping on the shores of
confinements. He surely draws the line of
demarcation. The total depravity of Man
rises up in stench to the nostrils of God.
Yet, He draws close.
A full chem suit, hood covering and all. Outstretched rubber gloves gingerly grasping
the toxic vial portrays God in separation, maintaining His person while
attending to the matter at hand.
Luke 5:12 “And it came to pass,
when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing
Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou
canst make me clean.13 And
he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And
immediately the leprosy departed from him.”
And who was God’s
suit? Who got dirty? Could God even touch the man? Jesus said, “I will. I will be Your gloves. I will permit You to draw close.” Our Heavenly Father’s heart was still in
continuance. From the beginning, He had
not changed. Fatigued in holding His outstretched
arms to Man, Jesus resolved to relieve once for all.
The great cross
making a bead on the sin of man. Through
the scope of the Almighty, He sought to eradicate the cancer from all Mankind’s
limbs. A fifty caliber He toted the big
gun and shot from the hip. Taking full
aim and pulled an Annie Oakley. The dead
man of sin was blown away back to the Garden.
Killing the zombie by blasting his head off, Jesus the marksman was awarded the only distinguishing medal suitable.
A purple heart He
pinned upon Himself. All Heaven witnessed
the coronation. God, His father, gave
Him a name above all names. That was the
real reward.
Proverbs 22:1 “A
good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver and gold.”
So when Jesus
pronounced you not good enough, rejoice!
He names it right. He is not a
man that He should lie. So in need of a
savior brought Him down from Heaven. Our
great magnetism drew Him close to our vile nature. He resisted as being sucked to the pole until
He could not stand the separation any longer.
At the cross, He left His God state and became one with corruption. Our dead flesh leeched onto His back and fell
Him down into the hole of the damned.
Think it no small
thing that Jesus eternal united with mortality to wheel the barrow of Man’s sin
to the outhouse once forever. He
volunteered to take the plunge. He knew
the cesspool. Casting off His white
robe, His Father released His grasp allowing Jesus to go head under. Filth had no standing in Heaven, so God
turned away momentarily. Then, in His
counsel as determined by Himself, He stated it was not right for a righteous
man to see corruption. Calling to the
grave, Jesus responded knowing He put His faith in the right place.
Thank you, Lord
Jesus. What more can I say?
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