Imagine the perfection of Jesus covering you from head to toe in the sight of God every moment of the day. Does that sound like a dream? My friend, that is your reality today because Jesus became your burnt offering at the cross.
In the case of the burnt offering, when the offerer lays his hand on the animal sacrifice (see Leviticus 1:3–4), the perfection and beauty of the unblemished sacrifice is transferred to him, and God sees and accepts him in the perfection of the animal.
In Hebrew, the word “accepted” implies being treated with favor, delight and acceptance. This means that you, for whom Jesus became a burnt offering, are treated by God with favor, delight and acceptance because the beauty and perfection of Jesus have been transferred to you. As your burnt offering, Jesus has made atonement for you on your behalf.
Jesus is your atonement or covering for sin. How precious Jesus is to the Father is how precious you are to the Father because when the Father sees you, He sees Jesus, your atonement, your covering.
So every day, take Jesus as your burnt offering. Come to God and say, “Father, I thank You that Jesus is my burnt offering. He covers me from head to toe with His righteousness. I thank you Father, that You see me without spot or wrinkle. You see me covered in all the value and perfection of the work of Your Son. What He is to You, I am. Who He is to You, I am. As He is now, so am I. I am in Him” (see 1 John 4:17)!
Jesus has you covered. You don’t appear before the Father with all your faults and shortcomings. Jesus proclaims to you what is right with you in spite of what is wrong with you because He has covered you with His perfection. Today, hear Him telling you, “Go, girl! I have you covered. There is nothing for you to worry about!” Hear Him saying to you, “Go for it, son! I am covering you. There is nothing for you to fear!”
"I'M HERE TO TELL YOU" EDITOR'S NOTE
God almighty is known as the "Great I Am". In the Bible, both God the Father as well as Jesus Himself proclaimed that they were "I AM". Well, as we see above, we can say that we are "I Am". Because of what Jesus did for us, we are now like Him - righteous before God. See Ephesians 2:6. Go ahead and read all of Ephesians 2. There's no working for this righteousness, it was given to us at the cross of Christ. There was a "Divine Exchange" at the cross and at the resurrection of Christ. When Jesus took our sin and disobedience to the cross, His death there completely erased those things from our life, and in this 'Divine Exchange', we received all the grace and righteousness that is Jesus. This plan of burnt sacrificial ceremonies was instituted by God for this very reason, so we could be redeemed back to him by His Son (Himself). What a wonderful God we love!
