#TuesdayTruth Isaiah 1:17-18

Isaiah 1:17-18

“Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed.

Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.

‘Come now, let us settle the matter,’ says the Lord.

‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow: though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.’”

Every now and again I feel like I get (metaphorically) punched in the gut with a reminder of some past sin/mistake. It can just be a quick thought initially- a sudden remembering- and then, if left unchecked, it breeds guilt, shame, that feeling of how unworthy I am.

It is not a bad thing to recognize when we have done wrong. In fact, it is a part of how we become more like Him. However, we should not dwell on our sin. Thank God that He will remember our sins no more (Hebrews 10:17). We can live with a clean conscience, knowing that we have been forgiven. We have been justified, and God says he “will never count our sin against us” (Romans 4:8). Living free from the consciousness of sin brings about the transformed mind that will allow us to be more like Him.

I hope that we never lose sight of just how incredible it is that God our Father offers us reconciliation with Him. As the verses here say, though our sins are like scarlet (we are thoroughly stained and unable to change that on our own), they will be white as snow- GONE, FULLY ERASED.

We, who are in Christ, are not who we once were. We are forgiven. We are sons and daughters. Despite how unworthy we are on our own, through Him, we are “white as snow.”

Heavenly Father,

Thank you, above all else, for forgiveness. We thank you that, although our sins are like scarlet, you make us white as snow. We would have no hope without you, but because of you, we have eternal hope.

We love you,

Amen