It has been a long time since my last post. A lot of things have happened in my life, and that is all
I am going to say about that.
Today I was
looking at Jeremiah 23:6. "The Lord is our righteousness."
That sounds strange. "The Lord is Robert Brock's
righteousness." Putting your name in
only makes it more so. Try it, put your name in the blank.
"The Lord is _________ righteousness." Uncomfortable?
Odd? Maybe just awkward?
I struggle with
seeing myself as anything close to perfect. When I do surveys, I rarely give a perfect score because
no one is perfect and there is always room for improvement especially in
myself. But that is not what God says here.
If Jesus is my
righteousness, then He is what perfects me. I don't feel perfect. I don't act perfectly. I often find myself comparing myself to others that I feel are better than myself. I see a
father with his kids playing at the park,
and I think to myself 'what a horrible parent
I must be for not doing that with my children.'
I hear other preacher's sermons, and I think 'WOW! If
I could only preach like that.' I hear about how healthy others are and what great shape they are in and think 'I am
so lazy.'
I don't feel
perfect when I compare myself to others. But I guess that is the point.
I am not perfect when compared to others;
I am perfect because of Jesus and what he has done, not me. It is
not about me, it is, however, about Him
and what He does for me. Jesus makes me whole again. Jesus makes me perfect,
so I don't have to compare myself to others. Jesus takes away all of that
anxiety, stress, and worry by making me perfect.
Thank you, Lord.
