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Daily Bread

Wonderful mystery

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As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12

The headline in our Grand Rapids Press wasn’t good news. Fifteen million gallons of partially treated waste water suddenly disappeared from a storage lagoon in a water treatment facility. Just outside the small town of Sand Lake, Michigan, a 500-by-500 pond disappeared into a sinkhole. The problem was that nobody knew where the wastewater went. According to a country spokesperson, “It will depend on where it went before we can say what happened.”

As I read the article, I imagined all the wrongs of my life as being like that missing filthy lagoon. In my clearest moments of faith, I can say in all honesty that I really don’t know where they went, but they are gone. The last time I saw the real guilt of my envy, anger, and impatience, they were all nailed to the cross of a Man suffering for wrongs He never committed.

Where did my guilt go? The Bible gives me answers that I can’t really understand: buried in the deepest sea (Mic. 7:19, as far as the east is from the west (Ps. 103:12), erased from the eternal books of heaven’s justice (Col. 2:13-15).

No, all I can really understand is that I owe unending gratefulness, praise, and honor to the One who bore our sin — a mystery of inexpressibly good news. — Mart De Haan

Praise, my soul, the King of heaven,

To His feet thy tribute bring;

Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,

Evermore His praises sing.     — Lyte

READ: Luke 23:32-43

When God forgives, He removes our sin and restores our soul.

The Bible in one year:

• Psalms 102-104

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AS I

EVERMORE HIS

GRAND RAPIDS PRESS

LYTE

MART DE HAAN

MDASH

MIC

SAND LAKE

TO HIS

WHEN GOD

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