Friday, February 18, 2011
2 Corinthians 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
WHAT GOD PLEASES IN YOU! -- HIS LIFE (Part One)
And in the end it is not a scary thing to allow the Lord to control and guide our life, because we do know exactly what He has in mind for us, we know exactly what He will make of our life and do with our life. Paul reminds us of this in our text. "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him."
This is what God does with our life. He takes it away from us and replaces it with the life of His Son. I have a few nieces and there is nothing they love better than to play dress up as princesses. I wonder if they don't dream at night of finding out they are adopted and their real parents are a king and queen in a distant and magical land. That is almost exactly what Paul is claiming here. Not by birth, but by adoption, we become princes, heirs of God.
We think our life and goals are something we must cling to. But God sees such a life for what it is -- the life of peasants, life covered in dirt. Instead He offers and gives us "the righteousness of God" in Him.
The big question is, do we see it this way? Do we understand how pitiful and despicable our life really is? And do we rejoice in the glory of the gifts that Christ has given to us?
