I Need Christ's Obedience Every Hour (and taking my inner Pharisee out would help too!)

We are reminded of time everywhere we turn. We all have some general awareness of time. We have watches, phones, public clocks, appointments to re-sync us throughout the day.

This isn't the watch I got but it fits the article.

This morning I was particularly reminded of time in looking at the new watch my kids got me to keep track of my time when I run or bike. I watched the seconds tick past. My mind drifted away in thought and I realized I wasn’t really doing anything substantive. I was just existing.

Then it hit me.

Even in these seemingly innocent or perhaps ‘neutral’ moments, I am still a sinner. I still have a need for righteousness.

Sometimes I fall into the trap of thinking of applying Jesus perfect righteousness to the bad stuff that I do and think, but this is just the half of it. There is also the good stuff that I fail to do and think. And still more, there is the good stuff that I do for the wrong reasons. What a mess.

So as I sit there and the seconds tick by in unison to my heart beat I am reminded that I need perfect righteousness. I need to be covered in the absolutely impeccable, unfading, eternally acceptable righteousness of Jesus. I need this righteousness every minute of every hour of every day.

Why is the need so great?

Because I am such a sinner. I need this righteousness every moment because I am that bad, God is that holy, and Christ is that good. Every beat of my heart is a declaration of neediness. As it beats I must cling to Christ’s righteousness like the woman with the issue of blood clung to Christ’s robe.

What a little Pharisee I can flex into. Can’t you relate?

This little Pharisee’s death will come but it will coincide with my own. Until then I press on into Christ with a needy and humble resolve to trust and treasure him.

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