We all know that feeling of failure; that consciousness of not measuring up to God’s standard. No doubt, like me, you will be only too aware of all the things you should have done but didn’t do. You could have been more generous, more selfless, and you could have trusted God much more than you have. Maybe you feel that you haven’t really trusted God much at all. You probably feel that you have not been the kind of person you wanted to be. Maybe you have shocked yourself at times by what you have said or thought. Maybe you have said and done things in your life that still haunt you today; so that every time you think about it, you feel that sickly sense of guilt. Like many people you probably have doubts at times whether you are really on God’s path. Perhaps you are so disappointed with your attempt at being a Christian that you wonder at times whether God has turned away from you in despair. If you feel this way, I want you to know that everyone who is in heaven right now, felt the same as you. It says here in 7:14 that the multitude in heaven wore robes that had been washed in the blood of the Lamb. Why would they need to be washed if their lives hadn’t been soiled by neglect and failure? Are there some stains that the blood of the Lamb cannot remove? Not at all! The worth of Jesus’ sacrifice is infinitely greater than any of your failures. You can start over today with a clean slate.
Receive God’s forgiveness today.
Read Revelation 7:12-17 and 1 John 1:7-10.
