To Day

"All my mistakes are underneath Jesus."

I'VE LET GO of guilt. Goodbye, guilt. I don't have to feel guilty for nothin'. I am not condemned because God does not condemn. That is the devil. God forgives completely and entirely. And on a scale we have not realized. All my mistakes are underneath Jesus. He's sittin' on them. And no one cares about them anymore. That's really what forgetfulness is. God and I choose not to think about them anymore. They are like yesterday's news. "What?" Yawn. "Yeah, that was yesterday." GOOD NEWS, FOLKS! This is TO DAY. That's how the King James spells it. TODAY, it's a new morning, a whole new day, and God has new mercies. Not that the old ones wore out, but He is just so full of life.

“I awake in the morning—healthy, strong, vibrant—because the Eternal supports me.” (Psalm 3:5 VOICE)

The NT says we can come boldly before His throne because of the work of the cross. This means we are family. OPA! And there is nothing between us and our Abba. Not one thing we thought about is held over our head. Not one mistake we made. Not one bad habit we sometimes fall back into. I have a few kinks in my armor, places that I have to routinely give back to God. Yet, I have no guilt for my lapses in judgment. Not that my repentance isn't sincere. It is. But the devil wants us to dwell on anything that might make us feel even the tiniest bit sinful. There's no need. God knows we are human and have made mistakes. He knoweth our frame is but dust (Psalm 103:14). And that's what it comes down to. We have to let go of the image of a condemning God who is always vengeful and pick up the gentle, loving Father who'd die in our place.

Who did die in our place. In our place, He sent Jesus, Emmanuel, meaning God with us, and He is with us in everything. Some think He returned to heaven and started afresh, and though there is a sense of this, for Jesus was then and is now crowned King of Kings, He returned to the throne He had from before time. He said this in His prayer to His Father in John 17:5, “And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.” When the apostle John, the beloved, penned both the gospel of John chapter 1 and the beginning verses of 1 John 1, his poetry spoke divine truth. Jesus is the Word the was at Creation and the Word that their hands handled. He is the Word of life, and that is what is given to us. We were given Jesus; we are given eternal life. In that life is all the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:19).

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1)

“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;” (1 John 1:1)

Forgiveness, Physical and mental healing, financial provision, having all our needs met in great abundance, with success in our jobs and our talents, with whatever God has called us to do, all of it is ours because of Jesus. Just as you cannot disconnect the work of electricity from the wires of electricity, you cannot unravel God’s presence. You cannot plug in a refrigerator that a stove will not also work at that outlet. On this wall, only space heaters will come on, but not anything else. God’s power forgives. It also heals and mends and delivers and calms and encourages. God is the Spirit of self-control. He never applies His great ability, His presence, in such a manner it causes doubt and fear, guilt nor judgment. In fact, the word “judgment” in the Word of God, as coming from God’s Words and actions, always is in perfection. It is always just.

Read Philippians 4:8:
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE JUST, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”

He is the God of justice. There is no injustice in Him. He is also the God of all comfort and the Father of mercies (2 Corinthians 1:3). He is of everlasting mercy. His mercies never end, never run out, but are fueled by love of endless depth and height, forever length and breadth. Love that eagerly removes from its memory what we’ve been forgiven of. We must lay down that burden at Jesus’ feet and refuse to pick it up again. Even if it resurfaces, we bury it back beneath the endless sea of God’s graciousness and keep going forward, ahead to one day “experience the ultimate prize for which God has called [us] heavenward—the joy of seeing him face to face (Philippians 3:14, Remedy). And for TO DAY, living joyful, well lives all day, every single day.

“May the graciousness of the Lord Jesus Christ fill your hearts and minds and permeate your entire being. Amen.” (Philippians 4:23, Remedy)

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Suzanne D. Williams, Author
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