I nailed Jesus to the Cross. No, I wasn’t there that
awful day; no, I didn’t hold the nail in place with one hand while bringing the
mallet down as hard as I could with the other. But my sin did.
Although I have never physically murdered anyone, I have
mercilessly slashed people with harsh, critical words. I may not have stolen
money or goods, but I have stolen other’s reputations by sharing gossip or my
own skewed opinions of them. With every sin I commit, I drive another spike
into Jesus’ hands and feet:
My critical spirit
nailed
Jesus to the cross.
My grumbling
nailed
Jesus to the cross.
My lack of compassion
nailed
Jesus to the cross.
My harsh words
nailed
Jesus to the cross.
My unwarranted fears
nailed
Jesus to the cross.
My niggling worries
nailed
Jesus to the cross.
My unfaithful actions
nailed Jesus to the cross.
My unwillingness to serve
nailed
Jesus to the cross.
Can you hear the echo of the hammer as it hits the spikes?
All we like sheep
have gone astray;
we have turned, every
one, to his own way;
and the Lord has laid
on Him the iniquity of us all.
(Isaiah 53:6)
But wait! There is Good News! Every strike of the hammer
echoes not with condemnation, but with love from God! “For He canceled the record
of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.” (Colossians
2:14)
Yes, my sin nailed Jesus to the cross, but His love set me
free from that sin!
If we confess our
sins to God, He will
keep his promise and
do what is right:
He will forgive us
our sins and purify us
from all our
wrongdoing.
1 John 1:9
Be encouraged!
Pam
©2017 Pamela D. Williams