Meditate
On
For
by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.
Hebrews
10:14, NASB
God Sees What You Can Become By His Grace
When
God was with Moses on Mount Sinai, the Israelites became impatient and asked
Aaron, whom Moses had left in-charge, to make them other gods to worship. And
without so much as a word of protest, Aaron crafted a calf from the gold that
the people had given him, so that they could worship it. While this abomination
was happening, God was telling Moses that Aaron would be His very first high
priest: “Call for your brother, Aaron, and his sons…Set them apart from the
rest of the people of Israel so they may minister to me and be my priests”
(Exodus 28:1).
Didn’t
God know what was happening down below? Of course He knew, but He did not see
Aaron as he was then. He saw what Aaron would become by His grace—His
undeserved, unmerited favor. God saw Aaron representing the people before Him
as high priest of the nation, and entering the Holy Place on the Day of
Atonement.
My
friend, as with Aaron, God knows all about your challenges and weaknesses. If a
mistake you’ve made keeps coming back to haunt you, or if you have a weakness
that keeps cropping up, don’t focus on it and get frustrated. Look through
God’s eyes and see as He sees you by His grace.
To
your heavenly Father, you are righteous in Christ, perfected and sanctified for
all time by His finished work (2 Corinthians 5:21). Once you realize that this
is how your Father sees you, you’ll begin to manifest it in your actions. Then,
like Aaron, you will be able to rise above what you are now, and be the
champion that God already sees you as through His grace!
Blessings,
Joseph
Prince
