Go boldly to God …
(More from Sibbes’ Puritan classic, The Bruised Reed …)
“What should we learn from this, but to ‘come boldly to the throne of grace’ (Heb. 4:16) in all our grievances? Shall our sins discourage us, when he appears there only for sinners?
Are you bruised? Be of good comfort, he calls you. Conceal not your wounds, open all before him and take not Satan’s counsel … Go boldly to God in our flesh; he is flesh of our flesh, and bone of our bone for this reason, that we might go boldly to him.
Never fear to go to God, since we have such a Mediator with him, who is not only our friend but our brother and husband. ‘Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy’ (Luke 2:10).”
Amen!
Great joy! The greatest.
Though I am CRUSHED by the weight of my sin–
I can scarcely lift my eyes because I am rightfully ASHAMED …
Christ lifts me up
And covers me.
Christ bears my shame
And gives me His righteousness.
Friends, brothers, sisters … WE COULD NEVER DESERVE THIS!
But God lavishes it on His children.
May we worship Him today and every day.
Your sister in Christ,
Tara B.