I am a saint

Eph 1:1 To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus.

Definition - Saint: the collective body of those who are righteous in God's sight.

I am a saint

Yes, I am righteous and being made holy

When I walk in the flesh I am still a saint

I will fall and be accused

I am forgiven

I have wallowed in guilt and shame. Yet I am a saint.

I have accepted the lie that sainthood must be attained.

It is a lie. For God has already made me a saint in Christ.  That work is already done.

God made me a saint. He calls me to be faithful.

Father, I belong to you. I am tired and ready to rest. I cannot sweat out the enemy of my soul, nor vanquish his strongholds and lies. Yet I will write them down.

Father, remove his strongholds. Remove his lies.

Around me the world says I am not holy. I am not a saint. It says I am slime, condemned and judged. It says again and again, look in the mirror of holiness and see yourself.

Yet I must choose again and again to look in the mirror and see Jesus’ love, Jesus’ blood, Jesus’ unfinished prayers for me, Jesus words and promises.

Jesus calls me holy. Jesus calls me a saint for the simple reason I have surrendered to Him.

I live daily with the fear I will be disqualified.  It comes true again and again. Disqualified for this job, I can’t get the interview. Disqualified for that job, the interview is all I got. Again I am disqualified for this relationship, friendship and marriage.  While I might be disqualified as a husband and father yet I am a father.  This is a matter of DNA.

While the world will tell me again and again I am disqualified and an unqualified representative of Jesus. I am a saint; it is a matter of His Blood.