2 Timothy 4:7-8 (ESV)
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race,
I have kept the faith. 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that
day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
As Scotland was declaring its independence from England
in the 1300's, the English were hunting for Robert Bruce of Scotland in an
attempt to prevent his accession to the Scottish throne. In the search, the
English put Bruce's own bloodhounds on his trail. As they grew closer to
apprehending him, Robert the Bruce found a small river, and he said to his foster-brother
who was with him, "Let us wade down this stream for a great way, instead
of going straight across, and so these unhappy hounds will lose the scent; for
if we were once clear of them, I should not be afraid of getting away from the
pursuers."
Robert the Bruce escaped his pursuers by entering a
river, and not long afterward, the crown of Scotland rested on his head.
The devil uses our own "sin-hounds" to hunt us
relentlessly -- past and present sins, he uses, to keep us from our crown, our
position with Jesus, and the rewards which will follow a life of abiding in
Him. But we also have a way of escape! Entering into the river of God which
flows with the blood of Jesus, being totally cleansed, the "hounds of
sin" cannot touch us, and we too, can come out on the other side, free,
and ready to reign with Him!
Allow your sins to be washed away -- swept into eternity
by the cleansing flow of the blood of Christ, and walk in the freedom that Jesus
provided over 2000 years ago. Let your past with all its sins be washed
downstream, realizing that a crown of righteousness awaits you, and every other
saint who loves His appearing!
Dear Lord, we thank You that You have washed away our
sins. Help us to rejoice in the gift that You have given to us. In the Name of
Jesus, Amen.
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