Spotless

“Faultless before the presence of his glory.”

Jude 1:24 Now to Him being able to keep you without stumbling, and to set you before His glory without blemish, with unspeakable joy;
Jude 1:25 to the only wise God, our Savior, be glory and majesty and might and authority, even now and forever. Amen.

[Revolve in your mind that wondrous word, “faultless!” We are far off from it now; but as our Lord never stops short of perfection in his work of love, we shall reach it one day. The Saviour who will keep his people to the end, will also present them at last to himself, as “a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, but holy and without blemish.” All the jewels in the Saviour’s crown are of the first water and without a single flaw. All the maids of honour who attend the Lamb’s wife are pure virgins without spot or stain. But how will Jesus make us faultless? He will wash us from our sins in his own blood until we are white and fair as God’s purest angel; and we shall be clothed in his righteousness, that righteousness which makes the saint who wears it positively faultless; yea, perfect in the sight of God.]

What a wonderful way to start my Saturday, with this devotional. If we can just have our minds wrap around what Charles Spurgeon quoted so many years ago. How can we as humans, living in this world of sin think about being “without a blemish?” What can wash my sins away? Nothing but the blood of Jesus!

[We shall be unblameable and unreproveable even in his eyes. His law will not only have no charge against us, but it will be magnified in us. Moreover, the work of the Holy Spirit within us will be altogether complete. He will make us so perfectly holy, that we shall have no lingering tendency to sin. Judgment, memory, will-every power and passion shall be emancipated from the thraldom of evil. We shall be holy even as God is holy, and in his presence we shall dwell for ever.]

If that doesn’t get you excited, check for a pulse! Can you imagine being “perfectly holy?” Praise God for the cross!

[Saints will not be out of place in heaven, their beauty will be as great as that of the place prepared for them. Oh the rapture of that hour when the everlasting doors shall be lifted up, and we, being made meet for the inheritance, shall dwell with the saints in light. Sin gone, Satan shut out, temptation past for ever, and ourselves “faultless” before God, this will be heaven indeed! Let us be joyful now as we rehearse the song of eternal praise so soon to roll forth in full chorus from all the blood-washed host; let us copy David’s exultings before the ark as a prelude to our ecstasies before the throne.]

The Lord blessed me with this poem almost a year ago, when I was thinking how at times we always take life for granted without saying “thanks!”

Thank You Jesus for because of your love for me I am now, faultless, unblameable, unreproveable and perfect in the sight of the Father!

Did I Tell You Thank You Lord

Did I tell You, “thank you Lord”
when I first awoke from sleep?
Did I tell You, “thank you Lord
for in my heart your presence I keep?

For all the many blessings
because of Your Grace I do receive,
did I tell You, “thank You Lord”
for in me You do believe?

Did I tell You, “thank You Lord”
for never giving up on me?
Even when friends and family
seemed content to just let me be.

For all those minutes, hours, and endless days
that could be empty as can be,
did I tell You, “thank You Lord”
for being that special one to me?

Well if for some reason I didn’t
please forgive me once again!
“Thank You Lord, for the beginning,
the in between, for with You there is no end!

E. P. Shagott
10/15/2008

From God's heart, to mine, to yours,
Ed Shagott