In the last couple days I have had trouble getting up on time. I don't know if my body is trying to tell me I need more sleep or if I have just thrown my sleep schedule off kilter from staying up to late. Have you ever had those times where you were thrown off your rhythm? It is amazing how we can do the right thing day after day and all it takes is one small stumble to send us spiraling down. It seems like it is so hard to walk upright in Christ daily and so easy to fall into sin.
James 3:2 says, "For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body." Oh how I long to be the perfect man who is control of my own body but the Bible is clear that the only perfect man who has lived on this earth is Jesus. In 2 Corinthians 5:21 Paul says, "For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." Jesus knew that we could not be perfect on our own.
I am so thankful that Jesus came to set us free from the bondage of sin. I am so thankful that His purity serves to reflect before the court of God as the righteousness that allows me into heaven. 1 John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." He cleanses us through His action on the cross not because of our own worthiness. So the next time you stumble, fall on your knees and let Jesus lift you up to Himself. Feel the gentle grace and love He gives as He helps gently brings you once again to "paths of righteousness."
Blessings,
Greg
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