Blameless in Christ

“Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.” 1 Thessalonians 5:23

All around us a lot of folks are hurting. Folks are hurting because their bodies are failing them, their finances, or relationships are crumbling. Being in Christ does not grant full immunity as some events are common to all mankind (1 Corinthians 10:13); being in Christ gives us the assurance and peace of his purpose in our lives.

Just as silverware in a drawer often gets banged around, jostled, dented and scratched. So we also go through life. Yet, sometimes our Savior picks us up and we are used of him and other times it is someone else. We should feel honored, humbled, and rejoice when either happens. For the greatest honor we have in this life is to bring honor to Jesus Christ. We honor him by being ready for his use.

When you sit down to eat in a restaurant you would not eat with a dirty fork or knife or spoon, no, you send it back. It’s not clean enough to eat with. That instrument returns to a place for scrubbing and cleaning. A place not in public view, a not very pretty place.

Christ scrubs us clean through His Word and the moving of his Spirit on our hearts. He loves you, he wants the best for you. Sometimes the Spirit takes us through a good scrubbing and cleaning. Often we feel alone and our feelings are in a dark and ugly place. We look around and all we can see is the dirt and ugliness of other instruments or the lack of luster on ourselves. It is during those times that God’s hands of peace touch us the most, help us, and mend us.

God’s preparing you for his purposes. Purposes you’ve never dreamed of. Never thought of. Never imaged. He’s shaping you for eternity. Those scratches and dents will heal but not overnight, it takes time to polish them and to smooth out our rough edges. God is patient, he won’t give up on you, don’t give up on Him.

For just a little while you will see him face to face (1 Corinthians 13:12). His reflection is taking place in your life every single day (1 John 3:2)!