There Is No Condemnation In My ...

THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION IN MY Presence, for I view you robed in My righteousness.  If you focus too much on all the ways you "miss the mark, you can easily fall prey to self-hatred.  You need to remind yourself daily that I have clothed you with garments of salvation, setting you free from the condemning law of sin and death.

I want to help you see yourself the way I always view you:  dazzling in royal righteousness.  You may find it easier to view yourself this way when you are living up to your standard of performance, but you can never live up to My standard - in this life.  You need My righteousness just as much on good days as on bad ones.

A common pitfall is to think you can manage your life without Me when things are going well for you.  At such times you may feel as if you have no need of my royal robe.  Another common mistake is to become so preoccupied with your sinfulness and failures that you despair - forgetting that My salvation - clothing is sufficient to cover all your sins.

I want you to enjoy the riches of your salvation, the delightfulness of your guilt-free existence in Me.  I arrayed you in a robe of perfect righteousness when I became your Savior.  Nothing and no one can strip you of that covering!  The more consistently you see yourself clothed in My royal garments, the more you can rejoice in My radiant Presence.  You are chosen royalty, belonging to Me - that you may proclaim My excellencies.  I am the One who called you out of darkness into My marvelous Light!

- Jesus

(Jesus Lives / Sarah Young)

Scripture Insight:  Romans 8:1-2; Isaiah 61:10; and 1 Peter 2:9