Stronger

"There is love that came for us
Humbled to a sinner's cross
You broke my shame and sinfulness
You rose again victorious

Faithfulness none can deny
Through the storm and through the fire
There is truth that sets me free
Jesus Christ who lives in me

You are stronger!
You are stronger!
Sin is broken
You have saved me
It is written
Christ is risen
Jesus You are Lord of all

No beginning and no end
You're my hope and my defence
You came to seek and save the lost
You paid it all upon the cross

You are stronger!
You are stronger!
Sin is broken
You have saved me
It is written
Christ is risen
Jesus You are Lord of all

So let Your name be lifted higher
Be lifted higher be lifted higher"

Lately I've been thinking about how Christian's dwell on sin rather than the Cross. Yes, we need to understand how bad our sin is but if we don't understand the cross and Christ's love then "hating" sin just becomes a legalistic act. People don't need to be beaten with the reminder of their sin, especially if they are already beating themselves up over it. They need to be humbled to their knees because of the Cross, not hiding because of someone's words! They need to see Christ's love, and that alone should compel them to hate their sin. Not solely because it hurt other people but because it murdered The Son of God, a man who by choice took the wrath of God so that we wouldn't have to! The Cross trumps sin, when Christ defeated death, he defeated sin! I love Psalm 51, verse 4 says "Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge." Not because David sinned but because he gets it...sin by definition is defiling the Glory of God! He hates his sin because he is seeing it in the right perspective!
Here is the amazing part verses 6-19 says:
"Surely you desire truth in the inner parts ; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place. Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you. Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are [c] a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem. Then there will be righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings to delight you; then bulls will be offered on your altar.
DAVID KNOWS THAT GOD IS BIGGER THAN HIS SIN!!! HE KNOWS GOD CAN HEAL HIM!!!
Christ is stronger, he has proved it time and time again!!! I pray that the cross is magnified in my life and because of the beautiful ugliness of it I would be broken over my sin! I pray this for everyone I come in contact with as well! I pray that we wouldn't feel like our sin is too bad or disgusting for Christ to save because that's making Christ death seem like nothing!

Father, thank you for Jesus! Your word says that it pleased you to crush him, it pleased you to sacrifice Perfection for me...I don't really have words that can express how I feel about that! It makes no sense to me but it also brings tears to my eyes to think about the Love you have to have for me in order to do that! I'm so ignorant to the price it took to pay for my sins, but God, I pray that you would make me more aware of it every day! I pray that I would be so overtaken with the thought of the cross that it would bring me to my knees every single day! I pray that you would make me more like you in my actions and my thoughts! I pray that you would increase and I would decrease! I love you Lord!