Our Great God

John the Baptist knew his place before God. He must have been a very humble man, he said 'He (Jesus) must become greater; I must become less' Jn 3:30. We can afford to be very small in His presence, stripped of all pretence, all religious claims, and self righteousness. We must decrease so that He can increase in our lives. God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble 1 Pet 5:5.
The only boasting we can have is the Blood of Jesus. We enter the Holy of Holies through the Blood; we have forgiveness by the washing of the Blood; we can speak and prevail with God because of the Blood; we are counted as righteous by the Blood. It is only on the merit of the shedding of Jesus Blood that we can know God as Father. We can stand before Him clean and He hears and answers our petitions. We are 'nobody' but He has made us 'somebody', we are significant, but not in our own merit; we are loved, though we were unlovely. Good works will not get us to Heaven, neither will good intentions! But faith in the finished work of Jesus on the cross and the all sufficient sacrifice of His Blood avails for us. Let us live out our faith through thankful hearts. 'Just as I am without one plea, but that thy Blood was shed for me...............Jesus I come'.