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How God Sees You
Are you harder on you than God is on you? Sometimes I can be pretty hard on myself.
Isaiah 43:25, Galatians 3:26-27
Are you harder on you than God is on you? Sometimes I can be pretty hard on myself, especially when I realize I’ve sinned and I’ve been in a sinful thought pattern and just not living out what God has called me to do. And as a result, I can have these, weird things that I’ll start doing. Like, for instance, I’ll even hesitate to speak to God in prayer after I realize I’ve sinned. It’s like, oh, I should wait a little bit, you know, because I just did that sinful thing. But is that what God would call us to do? Is that what God says? You should wait after you’ve sinned to speak to me? That’s not how it works.
And sometimes after I confess my sins and I’m assured I’m forgiven, I can still carry a lot of guilt and feel a lot of shame. Maybe you can too. And that’s why we need to be reminded. Reminded of how God sees us, how God sees you. In Isaiah chapter 43, verse 25, it says,
I, yes I, am he. I blot out your rebellious deeds for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins. (Isaiah 43:25)
Your sins have literally been taken off of you, and they were placed on Jesus. When Jesus died on that cross, so did your sins. They died there with him. When Jesus rose again, that new life is your new life. When you were baptized into Christ, you were connected with his death and his resurrection. As far as God is concerned, your sin was dead there in the tomb with Jesus. Who you are now is someone who has a new life with Christ. You are washed. You are clean.
When God looks at you, he is not saying, all right, you need to wait and kind of work off that sin. He’s not saying that okay, you need to carry this guilt and shame. God is not looking at you disappointed and shaking his head. He sees you through Christ. In Galatians chapter three, verse 26,
In fact, you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Indeed, as many of you as were baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ. (Galatians 3:26-27)
God sees you through Jesus. He delights in you. He is pleased with you. We might struggle with being hard on ourselves, but remember how God sees you. And when you remember how God sees you, it can change the way that you see you.
