That is why it is so awesome that as I got up to go ahead and have my quiet time with God anyway (because I am learning to not run away from God when I sin, but to run towards him instead), that the passage I am reading in Hebrews chapter 4 & 5 are directly related to Jesus, sin, weakness, and how he gets it all. I am constantly stunned by how when I decide to approach God (even when I feel unworthy), he is gracious & merciful and gives me exactly what I need.
Hebrews 4:14-5:10 (Mssg vs)
14-16Now that we know what we have—Jesus, this great High Priest with ready access to God—let's not let it slip through our fingers. We don't have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He's been through weakness and testing, experienced it all—all but the sin. So let's walk right up to him and get what he is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help.
4-6No one elects himself to this honored position. He's called to it by God, as Aaron was. Neither did Christ presume to set himself up as high priest, but was set apart by the One who said to him, "You're my Son; today I celebrate you!" In another place God declares, "You're a priest forever in the royal order of Melchizedek."
7-10While he lived on earth, anticipating death, Jesus cried out in pain and wept in sorrow as he offered up priestly prayers to God. Because he honored God, God answered him. Though he was God's Son, he learned trusting-obedience by what he suffered, just as we do. Then, having arrived at the full stature of his maturity and having been announced by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who believingly obey him.
4-6No one elects himself to this honored position. He's called to it by God, as Aaron was. Neither did Christ presume to set himself up as high priest, but was set apart by the One who said to him, "You're my Son; today I celebrate you!" In another place God declares, "You're a priest forever in the royal order of Melchizedek."
7-10While he lived on earth, anticipating death, Jesus cried out in pain and wept in sorrow as he offered up priestly prayers to God. Because he honored God, God answered him. Though he was God's Son, he learned trusting-obedience by what he suffered, just as we do. Then, having arrived at the full stature of his maturity and having been announced by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who believingly obey him.
It is so awesome that Jesus already knows what I am going through. He knows how it feels to be tempted, how it feels to feel weak, and he knows something that I want to experience: how to defeat the temptation, to overcome sin, to NOT give in.
I'm so thankful, that because he understands, he wants to give me grace & mercy. He wants to help me so that I can overcome in the future. I don't have to be stuck in my sin, I don't have to beat myself up and condemn myself. I don't have to be afraid to approach God....
I just had prayer with my spiritual mentor La'Joia, and it was so helpful. I know I am forgiven of my sin and I have a course of action ( my act of repentance). In the past, I have not been really consistent when I tried to do a Purity Fast or Purity Track. But it is something I want to DO all the way through this time.
- My main focus will be using a Purity Point Guide for 31 days (how convenient is it that tomorrow is October 1st?). This guide can be found online at Purity Point.
- My next step is to do some reading on a Proverbs 31 woman. I want to really study her, because I want to be just like her.
- Read books that help me change my mindset about my sin. The two books on my shelf right now that I think will be helpful are called Strength in Weakness by Andrew Cominsky and True Love in a World of False Hope by Robbie Castleman. I have read the second book before but I need a refresher. The first boo, I have never gotten all the way through... So I want to do that for sure.
Until next time, God Bless
~K~
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