Sacrifices

I was driving back home today and a song came on the radio. It went something like.."There'll come a day.." It was telling the story about a little boy asking his daddy why they had to offer up sacrifices again.The father begin telling him "There'll come a day....." It was a beautiful song.
Can you imagine the faith to tell your son about a sacrifice that would not only cover his trespasses but take them completely away? After years and years of only knowing the altar where the innocent lambs had to pay the price for sin? It only covered their sins. Hid them from the sight of God. Sometimes, I think I really don't understand it myself. But to think that Jesus would not just cover my sins but make the handkerchief of my heart pure white before the Father. There would come a day when it would be undeserved.There would come a day when there would be no need for any other sacrifice, for His sacrifice would redeem (purchase) all who take hold of it. This is where I think of Peter crying out "Lord, save me!" as he starts sinking in the water.

Luke 4:18-20a
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down.

This is one of my favorite verses. It reminds me of where I came from and what He has done for me. I could have come from very wealthy parents(which I didn't)and still been poor. I was poor in my heart. There was no heavenly treasure stored within. It was empty and longing to be filled. But I didn't have a clue what to fill it with. He came to heal the broken hearted. I was brokenhearted. I was disappointed with the truth of life. I was captive to Satan and didn't even know it because I was so blind. The handkerchief of my heart was stained and the original color was not pure white. But I couldn't see that.
Then.. there came a day....when Jesus healed my broken heart, He redeemed me from my sins, and recovered my sight.
My Lord did all that!
Tomorrow is Good Friday. The day we remember His sacrifice.