Paid in Full

I’ve wiped the slate of all your wrongdoings. There’s nothing left of your sins.Come back to Me, come back. I’ve redeemed you. Isaiah 44:22 MSG

You know that list you have been keeping in secret? That running tab of all the wrongs you have done? All the things you failed at, failed to do or failed to stop yourself from doing?

It’s time to let Him wipe your tab clean.

Whereas we may keep a running total, God doesn’t work that way.

When Jesus went to the cross, ALL your sin was wiped out in the avalanche of loving grace and holy blood that was shed for our wrongdoings. All of them. Ever.

We can allow that list we are keeping—which has already been marked fully paid—to hold us back from drawing close to Him.

God reminds us in this verse that He wants nothing to keep us from Him. So much so, He cleared the way home for our return.

Run home, friend.

Allow your Father to fully embrace you and clothe you in the pure garments He has waiting for you when you trade in your list for His loving grace.

#ReturnHomeProdigals

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This devotion first appeared at: Remade Community.

wrecking ball

Try how you might,
runaway,
don’t you know
you are actually
running
towards Him?

He knew you would run
and so He planned
to use the path you chose
to draw you in,
in to His Presence.

When you come into
his courts
and into His Presence
you cannot help but be
changed.

His Presence
is like a wrecking ball…

When you run to Him
He wrecks you
in the exact places
needing to be broken…

Then He lovingly rebuilds
us the way
we were meant to be…

Restoring us to our intended design.

Loving us back to life.

Setting us
on the pathway
to walk beside Him

Made whole
by the majestic Creator

Set free from our cage
by the triumphant Savior

Guided in life
by the precious whispers of the Spirit

The wrecking ball
is controlled on purpose
in His plan for us.

Run run as fast as you want
His love will continue to call to your heart
and woo you home,
runaway.

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