Thursday – Letters

Reading – Hebrews 3

Highlight Verse:

“Remember what it says: “Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts as Israel did when they rebelled.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭3‬:‭15‬ ‭NLT‬‬

My hands are pretty rough.

Years of working on copiers (my day job) with tools and harsh cleaners and washing my hands often have left my fingers calloused and dry.

A massage from me would feel like sandpaper.

In the same way, years of making excuses for sin and using the harsh tools of denial and even dishonesty can leave a heart calloused and dry.

When we start down that road, we usually know when we are doing something wrong. Over time and rationalizations, we may start to redefine sin. We build up such a defense against conviction that we no longer recognize it.

The simplest, most practical definition of sin I’ve heard is “anything that comes between you and God.”

Of course, there is forgiveness. But eventually a person may get to the place where they either don’t think they need forgiveness, or they don’t think they can be forgiven.

Let me make this clear. There is no sin that God cannot forgive short of denying His sacrifice.

Satan gives us guilt to drive us away from God and convince us to reason our sin away.

God gives us conviction, that we may be able to move ever closer to God.

Are there things that you have been rationalizing away even though you know they are putting distance between you and God?
Have you been wallowing in guilt thinking you sin is too much for God to forgive?
Can you trust God to do what He promised and remove the guilt of sin from you “as far as East is from the West”?