David prayed, “Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.” (Psalms 51:4).
Job confessed, “I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.” (Job 42:5-6).
Isaiah lamented, “Woe to me…I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty.”? (Isaiah 6:5).
Simon Peter begged, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” (Luke 5:8).
Paul admitted, “…Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.” (1 Timothy 1:15).
These are just a few examples of saints who acknowledged their utter worthlessness alongside the altogether worthiness and majesty of a Saviour whom none of us deserve.
May we follow their lead.
Amen and amen!! May nothing but the ‘worthiness and majesty of a Saviour whom none of us deserve’ be our only standard of comparison. All else is filthy rags! Blessings!
I was just reading about Isaiah in Sproul’s The Holiness of God. How much I need to learn from these saints. God’s grace and love given to sinners does not diminish His holiness.
Beautiful examples for us to follow Christina. I have also meditating on these thoughts recently. When we are bowed low before Christ honestly admitting our guilt, we are safe because we can fall nowhere except into His arms of mercy.
Blessings dear sister!