Justification silences the mocking voice of my insufficiency. Hebrews 10:17 says that God doesn’t remember our sins anymore. Think about this. Do you believe it? Really? Maybe you believe it’s true because God says so, but do you behave as if you believe it’s true? How much do you believe it on a scale from one to ten?

We can easily believe that we are insufficient, but can we really put God in the same category with us? That’s what we’re doing, believing he’s insufficient, if we don’t attempt to cultivate a deep conviction in his forgetting our sins. Our belief in his forgiveness and forgetfulness, of our sins, must be a ten on that scale of belief. How can we strengthen our conviction?

If I confessed and repented of my sins and still have guilt over them, it’s because I don’t believe he has forgotten my sin. Forgetting something means it is as if it never happened. If it never happened, then I have nothing to be guilty for. Do I really think God is unreliable and weak in upholding his promises? Say that out loud. I think God is weak and can’t keep his promises toward me. Stating that objection out loud is powerful in deepening my conviction of the truth. I don’t believe God is weak at all. It sounds ridiculous when I say it out loud.

God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Accept your deficiency. All it requires of you is death to self, your self-interests, and self-promotion. Life free from self is freedom.

We don’t have to strive to make much of ourselves anymore. We don’t have to be enough because we are living in a state of dependance on a god who he is enough. Our sufficiency is found in Christ alone. 2 Cor.3:5