February 2
Psams 119:41-42 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word. (42) So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
Though we are Christians, we are not perfect. Though we are Christians, we battle to keep our virtue and integrity. And because we are Christians, our vindication does not come from the battles we win or loose, from the things we do or don’t do, but from the battle the Lord has won, from the things Jesus has done.
When the world looks at us, they see frail, miserable, weak and dependant people. They see a people of little strength against the many influences of the world. They might even see sometimes a people who seems to give in to personal weaknesses. But at the end of the day, when the time comes to settle the accounts, all God sees in them is the stain of the blood of Jesus-Christ the Lamb of God on their hearts.
Therefore let us trust in this Word of promise (John 1:29). Let us brandish it like a flag in the face of the accusing world and of the condemning enemy. As the colors of His banner, let us set it on our armor (Psalms 60:4; SOS 2:4) that all may see, and proudly proclaim that no, we do not have to justify ourselves to them nor to the evil one (Rom 8:1). The ruling of sin and death over us is over with. This is a new day, the day of the new covenant when everyone who comes to Christ shall be saved, even in spite of themselves.
Proverbs 24:16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
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