Today I was busy deleting many old emails which, though I had intended to read them, I hadn’t. The Lord asked me why I felt bad cleaning up the emails. I confessed that I didn’t want to seem unteachable, as the emails contained lessons in them. What He said was very liberating; “I don’t want you to be held captive by accusations.”
Suddenly I saw a strong tower of accusations crumble, and the fresh Word of God was a stone tower that took its place. I felt God’s freedom and saw that what the Lord intended for us was the fresh word; fresh manna. Do we walk in the newness of God’s word to us every day? Or are we accused by the enemy of our soul of not learning past lessons?
The job of cleansing us by the Word of God may seem like it belongs to us. However, we read that Jesus prayed for the Father to wash us by His truth (Jn 17:17) and again in Ephesians (5:26). Though we want to be presentable to God so that we can come near Him, making us presentable is God’s job and not ours.
We are vulnerable, in the hands of One who has the power to save or condemn us. He sees our every thought, though we try to cover over those which seem offensive. Though our enemy accuses us of impurity, it is not his job to perfect us. Today, let us trust the Perfect One who gave us the gift of His word and Spirit, for He will accomplish that which He has set out to do in us. He will present us to His Father. But we need to leave satan’s accusations behind us and walk into trust of Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our souls. What a glorious gift to be reminded of on Christmas Day. Amen.
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