Fantastic Friday #415 - Remove

Remove

³ As the heavens are high and the earth is deep,
    so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

⁴ Remove the dross from the silver,
    and a silversmith can produce a vessel;
⁵ remove wicked officials from the king’s presence,
    and his throne will be established through righteousness. Proverbs 25:3-5
 

Do you ever really sit and think about the sacrifice God made by allowing His Son to die on the cross for our sins?  When He allowed this as part of His plan, He was able to remove that separation we had from Him. Sin separated us from God and we all know that man is a sinful creature, but by the sacrifice of the blood of the Lamb, God removed that barrier that was keeping us from having a close relationship with Him.  Now, if you have accepted Christ as your Savior, does that mean that you won't sin?  No, but as is it says in Romans we don't keep on sinning.  Even though we have Christ in our hearts it can be a challenge for all of us, but I believe it is also important that we look at removing things from our life which can distance us from the life God wants us to live.  I spoke a couple of weeks ago to a group of kids about small things, like being mean, cheating a little bit, lying only occasionally, or just being disobedient.  But in reality these sins are sins, and you can't look at sin as a "little" thing or an "occasional" thing, we have to look at these things seriously and remove them from our life.  God removed the barrier through Christ's sacrifice and we need to remove the sin to have the life that God wants us to.  Just like you can remove dross from silver to produce a vessel, we can remove sin to walk in righteousness.

Have a great weekend.