“As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.” Psalm 103:12 (NIV)
How far is the east from the west? Further and further by the moment. Travel west and you can make laps around the globe and never get east. Journey east and, if you desire, maintain an easterly course indefinitely. Not so with the other two directions. If you go north or south, you’ll eventually reach the North or South Pole and change directions. But east and west have no turning point.
Neither does God. When he sends your sins to the east and you to the west, you can be sure of this: he doesn’t see you in your sins. His forgiveness is irreversible. “He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities” (Psalm 103:10 NIV).
Headline this truth: when God sees you, he sees his Son, not your sin. God “blots out your transgressions” and “remembers your sins no more” (Isaiah 43:25 NIV). No probation. .Not expectations. No reversals.
He did his due diligence. He saw your secret deeds and heard your unsaid thoughts. The lies, the lusts, the longings – he knows them all. God assessed your life from first day to last, from worst moment to best, and made his decision.
‘I want that child in my kingdom.”
You cannot convince him otherwise.
By Max Lucado
Used by permission
From: God’s Story, Your Story
To learn more about Max Lucado visit his website at:
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FURTHER READING
Removed Our Transgressions by Phil Ware
Forgive or Forget? by Melissa Talbot
Immeasurable Love by Caran Janzten