Flawless

2 Corinthians 5:17, 21

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

It is a new year, and we love to see this as a time to start fresh

Start over, do better, be stronger

And what that does is makes us look at and focus on what we have been doing wrong

New Year’s resolutions are about what we have messed up

I think this mindset leads us to forget what we already have

We forget how awesome God is

We forget all that He has done for us

We get too focused on the world around us

The everyday things that take up our time

We get caught up in all of our shortcomings and failures

Yes, we should feel guilty when we sin, when we fall short

But that guilt needs to drive us to Him, asking for forgiveness

Not wallowing in our sorrows

But we also get caught up in our flaws

I’m not good enough, I’m not strong enough

I have this disability, I have this “insert problem” slowing me down

I am a failure

The fact is, we have put on the righteousness of God

As it says in verse 21

We become the righteousness of God in Him

God no longer sees us as we were

We are a new creature

God sees us through the blood of Jesus Christ

He doesn’t see our sin

He sees the Christ’s righteousness

He sees us through the filter of the cross

We are flawless in His eyes, because He looks at us through the blood of Christ

Thank goodness God uses flawed people to do His will

Just think of the apostles

Smelly fishermen

Hated tax collector

And then there was Paul, occupation, Christian killer

It’s the grace, His amazing grace that makes us flawless

Makes us flawless in His eyes

Not perfect

When the Bible uses the word perfect it means complete

We won’t be complete until we are with Him

But flawless

He doesn’t see our sins

He doesn’t see our disabilities

He doesn’t see our weaknesses

He doesn’t see us as others see us either

He made you flawless

This song by Mercy Me, Flawless starts out covered in filth and muck

Starts out with how we see ourselves and how we see others

But finishes with how God sees us