Christ - Messiah has you covered

Jesus Has You Covered 

Leviticus 1:4 Then he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.

Imagine the perfection of Jesus covering you from head to toe in the sight of God every moment of the day. Does that sound like a dream? My friend, that is your reality today because Jesus became your burnt offering at the cross.

In the case of the burnt offering, when the offerer lays his hand on the animal sacrifice (Leviticus 1:3–4), the perfection and beauty of the unblemished sacrifice is transferred to him, and God sees and accepts him in the perfection of the animal.

In Hebrew, the word “accepted” implies being treated with favor, delight and acceptance. This means that you, for whom Jesus became a burnt offering, are treated by God with favor, delight and acceptance because the beauty and perfection of Jesus have been transferred to you. As your burnt offering, Jesus has made atonement for you on your behalf.

Jesus is your atonement or covering for sin. How precious Jesus is to the Father is how precious you are to the Father because when the Father sees you, He sees Jesus, your atonement, your covering.

So every day, take Jesus as your burnt offering. Come to God and say, “Father, I thank You that Jesus is my burnt offering. He covers me from head to toe with His righteousness. I thank you Father, that You see me without spot or wrinkle. You see me covered in all the value and perfection of the work of Your Son. What He is to You, I am. Who He is to You, I am. As He is now, so am I. I am in Him!” (1 John 4:17)

Jesus has you covered. You don’t appear before the Father with all your faults and shortcomings. Jesus proclaims to you what is right with you in spite of what is wrong with you because He has covered you with His perfection. Today, hear Him telling you, “Go, girl! I have you covered. There is nothing for you to worry about!” Hear Him saying to you, “Go for it, son! I am covering you. There is nothing for you to fear!”

Thought For The Day
You are treated by God with favor, delight and acceptance because the beauty and perfection of Jesus have been transferred to you.

But God clearly shows and proves His own love for us, by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Therefore, since we have now been justified [declared free of the guilt of sin] by His blood, [how much more certain is it that] we will be saved from the wrath of God through Him. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, it is much more certain, having been reconciled, that we will be saved [from the consequences of sin] by His life [that is, we will be saved because Christ lives today].
ROMANS 5:8‭-‬10 AMP
do heroes rescue? 

YouTube is stocked with videos of heroic acts of courage. People going above and beyond to pull helpless animals out of danger. Medics saving lives in the midst of personal peril. Firefighters jumping into flames, policemen risking their lives to save the innocent. Soldiers sacrificing themselves for their country.

What’s the motivation? 

If you’re a professional rescuer, your motivation is likely duty. You live by a code to honour and protect, and rescue is hardwired into you. You get paid to make sure people see another day.

If you’re not one of those professionals, your motivation in high-risk rescuing situations will probably boil down to either instinct or emotion. You’ll either respond without thinking about it because it’s who you are. Or you’ll feel moved to help out of pity, compassion, or love. 

When you look at the great rescue that God undertook to save us from our sins, it all comes down to love. We deserve to die for the rebellion that rises in our hearts every single day. His pure holiness is in stark contrast to our spiritual filth.

So you’d think His natural “instinct” would have been to let justice be served and to condemn us to the death we deserved. 

But God, choosing to be a merciful judge, placed our punishment on His Son instead. Why? Because He loved us! 

What a gift! There’s no taking credit for that one. Only a God who has an indescribable depth of love for us would be willing to go to that extent to rescue us. 

Returning that kind of love is impossible. We can never do anything remotely close to it. All we can do is live our new lives filled with gratitude for being rescued. 

It’s this sense of gratitude you so often see in people whose lives have dramatically changed after they surrender to Christ. They have a keen sense of just how precious their rescue was. 

Can you imagine the joy God feels when one of His creations stops rebelling and accepts the rescue that He initiated so long ago? 

Reflect today on how far you would go to rescue someone you loved deeply. How passionate and unrelenting you’d be in doing whatever you could to ensure your loved one would be safe from danger. 

Now multiply it many times over to understand how much God loves you! ShareWord

Why do heroes rescue? 

YouTube is stocked with videos of heroic acts of ge. People going above and beyond to pull helpless animals out of danger. Medics saving lives in the midst of personal peril. Firefighters jumping into flames, policemen risking their lives to save the innocent. Soldiers sacrificing themselves for their country.

What’s the motivation? 

If you’re a professional rescuer, your motivation is likely duty. You live by a code to honour and protect, and rescue is hardwired into you. You get paid to make sure people see another day.

If you’re not one of those professionals, your motivation in high-risk rescuing situations will probably boil down to either instinct or emotion. You’ll either respond without thinking about it because it’s who you are. Or you’ll feel moved to help out of pity, compassion, or love. 

When you look at the great rescue that God undertook to save us from our sins, it all comes down to love. We deserve to die for the rebellion that rises in our hearts every single day. His pure holiness is in stark contrast to our spiritual filth.

So you’d think His natural “instinct” would have been to let justice be served and to condemn us to the death we deserved. 

But God, choosing to be a merciful judge, placed our punishment on His Son instead. Why? Because He loved us! 

What a gift! There’s no taking credit for that one. Only a God who has an indescribable depth of love for us would be willing to go to that extent to rescue us. 

Returning that kind of love is impossible. We can never do anything remotely close to it. All we can do is live our new lives filled with gratitude for being rescued. 

It’s this sense of gratitude you so often see in people whose lives have dramatically changed after they surrender to Christ. They have a keen sense of just how precious their rescue was. 

Can you imagine the joy God feels when one of His creations stops rebelling and accepts the rescue that He initiated so long ago? 

Reflect today on how far you would go to rescue someone you loved deeply. How passionate and unrelenting you’d be in doing whatever you could to ensure your loved one would be safe from danger. 

Now multiply it many times over to understand how much God loves yo