Indescribable!

     Yesterday morning the words to the praise song 'Indescribable' came to mind. The song that goes: "Indescribable, uncontainable, You put the stars in the sky and you know them by name", etc.  I think the phrase in the song that I like the best is; "You know the depths of my heart and You love me the same".  Wow.  Big wow.  God knows the deepest, darkest, most wretched parts of our souls and He sent His Son to take our punishment anyway!
    You know, pop culture so often, if not always, tells us that that man is basically good; that if you could see inside some one's heart, you would see their good intentions.  The Bible says otherwise: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?"(Jeremiah 17:9)  If we could look into our own hearts and see how truly depraved we are, it would horrify us.
    And it doesn't even stop there! Our 'good works' are an extension of our own wickedness, because they are tainted by our sinful nature. The Bible says they are dog vomit; the smell of an open grave to God.
     So why on earth would a holy God want to actually save such a disgusting, filthy sinner(especially me)?! To glorify Himself. Think about it. Jesus came to earth, fully God and fully man, to take the punishment that I, you, and everyone in the world deserves! That certainly brings Him a lot of glory!
     Wow. Big wow. I'm not exactly sure how to close out of this, but I pray that you think today about your own sin, how you deserve God's wrath, and how Jesus took your place on that cross. Some people will tell you to "accept Jesus into your heart", but this is not in the Bible, and I still haven't seen it.  Some people say that  Revelation 3:20 points to Jesus asking to enter our hearts.  However, this passage was written to the church and not to individuals. The way to be saved is to repent, and put your trust in Jesus to be saved(Acts2:38 and Heb.6:1), and don't put any faith in your 'good' works(or your dog vomit, however you prefer to say it). God will forgive you, and that my friend, is indescribable!
Thanks for reading!
Your blogging friend, Meghan