Daily Devotion

July 8, 2006

Psalms 103:3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

A little girl once made a comment on Jesus forgiving our sins. She said, “We are like in a car in the rain; the rain keeps obstructing the view on the windshield, but Jesus is like the windshield wipers that keep clearing it up.”

Most of the time we play the game of righteousness with ourselves. We feel that we are not so bad, or at least not as bad as others, and we are pretty pleased with our own spiritual standing. When we feel comfortable with ourselves we tend to get proud; when we get proud, like the proverbial whale, we blow; and when we blow, like the whale, we get harpooned. At that moment, we realize that we are not all that good after all, and our hurt pride takes us down to the abyss of discouragement.

It is good for us when we feel spiritually comfortable to be reminded of our earthly frame. The Lord often uses the people who know us best such as close friends, spouses, and teenage children to remind us of the fact that we are “but dust”.

When our hurt pride feels the rain of condemnation and when despair blurs our vision, it is time to turn on the ‘windshield-wipers’. If the rain gets heavier, we turn them on to the next speed. We may need to be more careful in our driving, to slow down in order to avoid hydroplaning; hopefully, our tires are sound and sturdy, sticking to the road.

No matter how much rain falls on us during life’s travels, if we are honest with ourselves and acknowledge our weaknesses to God, we can flip the switch and turn on Jesus, His perpetual windshield wipers, and they will clear our vision.

1 John 2:1-2 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: (2) And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world

Patrick Lumbroso
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