November 2
To be blameless before God holds great reward. But being blameless before God is an impossibility in our humanity. We are a fallen people. The curse we took upon ourselves in the garden (Genesis 3:15-19) dogs our heels today. Does the fact that we are not blameless relegate us forever to a place where we cannot be blessed by God?
No! Because of Jesus’ amazing love for man, all men may reap the blessings of Heaven’s great reward. The one, the only treasure a man can possess eternally is that of the salvation Jesus purchased at the great price of His shed blood. The stripes He bore, the thorns He wore, the nails that tore His flesh—secure our blessings.
As Psalm 84:11 says, “The Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does He withhold from those whose walk is blameless.” He is a sun, that life-giving force without which we cannot survive. He is a shield that guards us from our own waywardness.
His desire to supply mankind with favor and honor, with every good thing, compelled Him to pay the price to secure them at Calvary! Therefore, the man who wears the robe of righteousness that He supplies, the man who wears HIS integrity, may, “…walk securely…” Proverbs 10:9, knowing His provision secures man’s reward.
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