His lineage isn’t of
perfection. Lots of imperfection paved the path for the coming of the Messiah. There’s
a schemer, Tamar, who slept with her father in law. Jacob stole his brother’s birthright. There’s David and Bathsheba, a tale
of adultery, deceit and murder. There’s a prostitute in the mix, Rahab’s story
wasn’t masked, thank God the imperfections weren’t hidden in Jesus lineage, to
show that we have a hope even when we feel hopeless, to show that we are useful
even in our mess. There’s a perfect story of grace emerging from our imperfect
selves. Thank God for grace.
You’ve messed up? You’re
perfect for Jesus to use you, for Him to come to the world of someone through
you.
God’s grace qualifies us to
be a part of His great plans. Not what we have and haven’t done. He uses our
mistakes and our deceit for His glory… How bad can you go? How bad have you
been? Wipe the tears, dust the dirt and enough with putting yourself down in a gully of self condemnation… there’s such a glorious hope and future
for you, there’s such greatness that can change the world waiting to be birthed
through you. Remember, there is therefore now condemnation… He doesn’t condemn you;
He loves you and is ever willing to use you, stay with Him!
For God so greatly loved and dearly
prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that
whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish
(come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.
For God did not send the Son into the
world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world,
but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him
John 3:16-17(AMP)
