If you’re like me, then when you sleep 8 hours a day that leaves 16 potential hours or 960 minutes to sin. How many bad thoughts, lies, white lies, half-truths did you tell in 960 minutes? How many evil or lustful thoughts? How many shameful actions and words came from your mouth? How many judgements were made of others no worse or better than you?
It can be depressing to think about – we are here to glorify our God and honor Him for all He has done. We should be doing our Father’s work, but even on my best day I can honestly say I spend way too much time in selfish pursuits.
Jesus did what none of us can do. None of us can cover another’s sins - we have too many of our own that we can’t even atone for! But Jesus led a sinless life – He is the only human who can possibly cover the sins of another. And in His perfection, He took on not just mine or yours, but everyone’s!
I can’t spend 960 minutes of every day praising and honoring my God, even though He deserves that and so much more. But I can spend time every day learning from His Word; praising His name in speech and song; and telling those around me about the amazing and perfect sinless Lamb that takes away the sin of the world.
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. (1 Peter 1:18-19)
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