Squash Sin

Song Title: Million Pieces (Kissin' Your Cares Goodbye)

Artist: Newsboys

Album: Thrive

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God hates sin. No doubt. Do you sin? No doubt. So what? We're supposed to try not sin. That's what. Do you sometimes sit around and worry about your sin? Do you worry about whether or not you'll get into heaven because of your sin?

The Newsboys remind us that all of our sins fall like a million pieces. That big burden of sin that we're carrying can be lifted right off of our backs. How can we do that? We can't, but God can. If you are with Christ then your sins are already forgiven. The work is already done for you. You just have to accept it.

When we worry we take our focus off of what God wants us to do and put it on the guilt of what we've done or what we're afraid might happen. That's not how God wants you to be. He wants you to tune in through prayer to what He wants to do with us. If we're too busy worrying or weighed down by our sin we won't be as useful to Him.

Why do we care then whether we sin or not? Don't confuse praying that God help you through sin and trying not to sin with caring whether we sin or not. God cares whether we sin, but not because it makes Him any different. It could, however, affect and change you. Sin can draw you away from God. It can also do you harm, or can put others in harms way. That's not how God wants us to be at all.

Pray that sin does not take over your life. Pray that God will lead you to righteousness. If you get worried that you are too sinful for God remember Micah 7:19 "He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea."

We can't escape sin ourselves. Romans 3:23 says "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God", and Romans 3:9-12 tells us that we are "all under the power of sin. As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”

It's a pretty bleak picture, but God can help us overcome our sin. He wants us to rely on Him and to trust that He can save and separate us from our sin. Let's grab on to the promise from God that he will SQUASH our sins before they squish us.