Beautifully covered

Ephesians 3:12 “In him and through faith in him we may approach God with boldness and confidence.”

Has it ever seemed to confuse you that we are suppose to come to God in prayer humble, broken and asking forgiveness but also to approach Him with bold confidence?? Yea, me too….

Let’s say your at this fancy restraunt and you’ve just finished a delicious dinner. You’re not stuffed though because you intentionally saved room for dessert. Your mouth waters as the waiter describes the different choices of tantalizing desserts to choose from and you place your order.

As you wait eagerly on what you consider to be the best part of dinner and excitedly discuss how you and the person you are with will try a bite of each others, the waiter sits your plate down in front of you. Only, there on the plate in the place of the scrumptious dessert you’ve been waiting on, is a dried out piece of square cake. No frosting, nothing. Just crumbly and pathetic looking.

Now pretend you are looking through God’s eyes. To God we are that piece of cake. Our sin makes us broken creatures; dried out, falling apart and sitting before Him unable to fix ourselves. To a Holy God, we are simply un-presentable.

But wait! There is a glimmer of hope in your disappointment as you see the waiter push a dessert cart up beside your table, take out a big squeezy thing and start to cover your cake with a generous layer of ooie gooie goodness. The warm chocolate covers the top of your cake soaking in as it runs perfectly down the sides. As the waiter takes the delicate care of an artist, drizzling caramel in just the right spots and finishing with a perfectly placed dab of whipped cream and a strawberry, your once ugly piece of dry cake turns into a beautifully delicious masterpiece; perfectly presentable and now a delight to you.

This is what the blood of Jesus Christ does for us in the eyes of God Almighty. It covers us. So that when God looks upon us, the first thing He sees is the blood of His precious Son. It is that blood, that sacrifice on our behalf, that makes us pleasing to Him, presentable and able to be in the presence of a Holy God. Yes, we are to come to God humble. But because of the blood of Jesus our sins are beautifully covered and we become righteous before our Maker. Knowing this, we can come boldly and confidently to Him in prayer. Not as a servant in trouble but as a beloved child. A beautifully covered child.

shannon day 8-31-10