The other day I jumped in the shower to get the grime of life scrubbed off of me and to just be physically refreshed and revived by the cleansing spray of the hot water (I never cease to give got thanks for the hot showers I am blessed to receive, there are so many in this world who never receive such a luxury) and if I shower I shave…

I needed a fresh razor so I grabbed one out of the box and stepped into the steam of the shower.

As I began to shave the razor cut me (note to the women, if the razor cuts you on its first shave, trash it immediately, it will only get worse if you don’t).

So the razor cuts through my flesh with a sting and then the blood begins to pour out of the wound and mix with the water and run down my leg. I saw the blood and water flowing and immediately my heart went to the cross…

But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, 

and immediately blood and water came out.

John 19:34

Then within that very moment my heart went to…

And according to the Law, one may almost say,

all things are cleansed with blood,

and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

Hebrews 9:22

This moment happened as I was standing in the steam of the shower going over the Hell Scene in my church’s fall drama. I asked for people to send me the lies that Satan whispered in their ears to keep them bound in their sins… I took these lies and wrote them on the walls of hell. That’s where all lies belong. They belong in hell with the father of lies… they have no place in the minds of those who belong to the Father of Truth.

I shaved as I went over the lies I had used and the ones I still needed to write. As I felt the sting of the water on the open wound and watched the blood pour out and as these verses of Scripture pierced my heart, my mind went to the cutter.

My mind went to the cutter and my heart broke.

Dear precious cutter… it is a lie.

Yes, all things are cleansed with blood and there is no forgiveness without the shedding of blood, but the shedding of your blood will never remove the pain you feel deep within you.  The shedding of your blood will never cleanse you of what you are trying to remove from you. This is a lie straight from the pits of hell. There is only One who was cut whose blood offers cleansing and forgiveness… only One whose cut eases the pain within you… only One whose cut will remove the shame you carry… only One.

He was cut so that you didn’t have to be.

Job sat in his pain and his confusion and he cut himself with a potsherd and he cried out…

 In truth I know that this is so;
But how can a man be in the right before God?

Job 9:2

Job knew the words the truth… but I believe in his pain he felt a disconnect between what he knew to be true in his mind and soul and the pain he was experiencing in his body and heart… God never explains all this to Job… but He does explain more of Himself to Job and in this He basically says, I AM GOD, TRUST ME!

As Job trusted in the truth of who knew God to be, and as he grew in his knowledge of his God, he found hope and healing and life.

 So precious one, trust Him, it His TRUTH that always sets you free… and His TRUTH is living and breathing and life giving because His Truth is His Son (John 14:6), His Spirit (1 John 5:6), His very self (1 John 5:20). So keep on walking in it, trusting in it, holding on to it…

And send the lie to hell with the Liar…