Powerful winds often topple entire trees. Other
times the wind only blows the top off a dead tree and leaves the base standing.
That happened a few years ago at the lake. Usually the top of the tree ends up lying
close to the decapitated trunk. Not this time.
The wind drove its top across the lake until it
landed near the shore of our cottage. I thought we were stuck with this huge
tree grounded firmly on our beach forever. I tried to be positive about the
situation by dreaming of my grandsons straddling that dead wood and pretending
to be driving a boat. But I was wrong.
This year the top of that dead tree disappeared in
another wind storm. Curious, I searched for it in the canoe. My husband thought
it had likely drifted out into the middle of the lake and sunk to the bottom.
Thinking of that missing tree reminded me of the
sins of a believer. God promised, “As far as the east is from the west, so far
he has removed our transgressions from us” (Psalm 103:12, NIV). Likewise
Jeremiah writes, “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their
sins no more” (Jeremiah 31:34, NIV). Then Micah states, “You will again have
compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities
into the depths of the sea” (Micah 7:19, NIV).
How reassuring! Our sins are just like that missing
tree. God will never confront us with our sins and demand payment because the
precious blood of Jesus paid the price. His blood covers the sins of believers.
As far as God is concerned your sin is lost in the depths of the sea. Of
course, this implies true repentance and not a license to sin.
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