Boldness is what God wants you to have when you come to Him. He does not want you to be afraid to come to Him, feeling unworthy because of your sins. He wants you to come boldly to Him, knowing that the death, burial and resurrection of His Son Jesus Christ has justified you and qualified you to boldly receive from Him.
This was the kind of boldness that the woman with the issue of blood had when she touched Jesus (see Mark 5:25–34). Now, by touching Jesus, she knew that she was breaking a Levitical law which states that anyone with a bodily discharge is unclean, and should not appear in public, let alone touch another person (see Leviticus 15).
But she refused to feel condemned by the law. She believed what she had heard about Jesus, and was confident that there would only be love and compassion, not condemnation, from Him. She believed that Jesus would justify her and qualify her to receive the miracle she needed. That was why she boldly pressed her way into the crowd to touch Jesus, who indeed said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well” (Mark 5:34).
What was it about her faith that made her well? Romans 4:5 talks about faith that believes God justifies the ungodly. When you believe that God justifies the ungodly, it will give you boldness to come to God, even when you feel unclean because you have just blown it.
When you fail, don’t run away from God. Run boldly to Him, knowing that you are justified by the blood of Christ and not by your good behavior.
The devil may say to you, “How can you do that? Who do you think you are?” Don’t listen to him. Pick yourself up and thank God for the blood and the gift of no condemnation (see Romans 8:1). If God justifies the ungodly, how much more you, His beloved child!
"I'M HERE TO TELL YOU" EDITOR'S NOTE
There are many gifts available to us because of Christ's sacrifice on the cross. Salvation and redemption are the most important. The gift of no condemnation, however is so very important to the way we live our everyday life. When you feel guilty and know that you have let God down, life is one slow mess. To always feel that there is judgment and bad news just around the corner can do some pretty heavy damage to a person and make life miserable. What you want to feel is free. Free from guilt and condemnation. You want to know that your missteps and your out right sins have somehow vanished. Jesus came to take care of our sin problem and thus our debt and guilt and any feeling of condemnation. Freedom in Christ is a wonderful gift and a beautiful way to live. When you are free from your sin debt, you know you can boldly ask God for what you want and need. You can expect Him to answer you because you know He loves you.Today, thank your heavenly Father for giving His Son to be the propitiation of our sins and the answer to our debt. Today, live free with no more debt.
