Meditate
On
Protection in the Father
For
Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might
bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit.
1 Peter
3:18
Can I show
you a beautiful picture of God’s love for you found in the story of Daniel? In
Daniel’s case, the law of the land was violated and, in spite of his love for
Daniel, the king had to carry out the law and punish Daniel. If he hadn’t, he
would have been an unrighteous king. Now, imagine if someone came again a year
later to accuse Daniel of this crime and asked for Daniel to be punished again,
what would the king do? Would the king throw Daniel into the lions’ den again?
No! Daniel had already been sentenced; he had already paid the price for his
violation of the law.
My dear
friend, because our Lord Jesus has been punished on the cross in your place,
the devil cannot come to the King and ask for you to be punished and thrown
into the lions’ den. You see, your sins were forgiven not because the King
simply decided to close an eye and let you off the hook. The King forgave your
sins righteously after judging them in the body of our Lord Jesus Christ. He
who was completely without sin took your place and bore the full weight of the
punishment for your sins (see 2 Cor. 5:21). ALL your sins have been legally and
judicially judged at the cross. Because of His finished work, once you received
the Lord Jesus into your heart, God’s justice and righteousness are on your
side!
Do you
know how much God loves Jesus, His beloved Son and the apple of His eye? Then I
pray that you will have a revelation of how much your Father in heaven loves
YOU. To redeem you, God paid the price with the blood of His only Son. It must
have been a most difficult decision for Him. None of us would ever fully
comprehend what God experienced in sending His own beloved Son to the cross. We
catch just a small glimpse of the torment that God suffered when we read about
King Darius’s suffering. King Darius wanted to save Daniel, but he could not
violate his own law. Similarly, God loves His Son, but He knew the only way to
save us, who had violated the law, was to sacrifice His own Son, Jesus Christ.
May this revelation of His amazing love and grace give you boldness to come
freely to Him and find protection under His wings.
BLESSINGS
JOSEPH
PRINCE
