THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION IN My Presence, for I view you robed in My righteousness. Savor the delightfulness of your guilt-free existence in Me.
Dear Jesus, We are so thankful for Your robe of righteousness! The longer we know You, the more conscious we are of our utter unrighteousness. We could easily fall prey to self-hatred if we focused on all the ways we fall short. But we remind ourselves that You have clothed us with garments of salvation: setting us free from condemnation.
Beloved, I want to help you see yourself consistently the way I always view you: dazzling in royal righteousness. You may find it easier to see yourself this way when you are living up to your standard of performance. But you have never yet lived up to My standard, and you never will - in this life. You need My righteousness just as much on good days as on bad ones. A common pitfall is to think you can manage without Me when things are going well in your life.
At such times you may feel that you have no need of My royal robe. Another common pitfall is to become so preoccupied with your sinfulness and failures that you despair - forgetting that My salvation clothing is sufficient to cover all your sins.
I want you to enjoy the riches of your salvation: the delightfulness of guilt-free existence in Me. I array you as a robe of perfect righteousness when I became your Savior. Nothing and no one can strip you of that covering! The more consistently you see yourself clothed in My royal garments, the more you can rejoice in My radiant Presence. You are chosen royalty, belonging to Me - that you may proclaim My excellencies. I am the One who called you out of darkness into My marvelous Light!
- Jesus
(Dear Jesus / Sarah Young)
Scripture Insight: Romans 8:1-2; Isaiah 61:10 and 1 Peter 2:9
"There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death"
ReplyDelete(Romans 8:1-2 / New American Standard Bible)
"I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness"
(Isaiah 61:10 / New International Version)
"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light"
(1 Peter 2:9 . New American Standard Bible)