Monday morning following the NFL playoff game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Buffalo Bills there was a headline in my morning newsfeed about a man I will call John Doe (although the newsfeed didn’t). “[John Doe] drops potential game-tying two-point conversion catch vs Bills.”
Now I am not a Baltimore Ravens fan. In fact, being a Pittsburgh Steelers fan means I cannot be a Ravens fan. I watched the game, and I saw the player drop the ball just seconds before time ran out, meaning there would not be another chance. And I saw the cameras immediately show the player on the bench. His face proclaimed to the world how devastated he was. I felt sorry for him – even though I was not rooting for his team.
To wake up Monday morning and see his name and that announcement that he dropped the ball, made me appreciate our God so much more! I have throughout my life “dropped the ball.” I have made mistakes, sinned, failed, flopped, and fallen. And yet my God has promised that He will never remember my sins or lawless deeds.
“This is the new covenant I will make with my people on that day, says the Lord: ‘I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.’ Then he says, ‘I will never again remember their sins and lawless deeds.’” [Hebrews 10:16-17 NLT]
Does God have a bad memory? No, when it says He will “never again remember” it means He will never hold my sins against me since I am hidden in Christ Jesus my LORD. I will not wake up the morning after I arrive in glory to find “Terry Lema dropped the ball” broadcast across heaven.
Amen & Amen
