March 14

Guilt is a useful experience because it shows where things are wrong. It is dangerous when it is not there at all, just as the absence of pain when someone is ill can be dangerous.

When we belong to Jesus we are not called to carry our guilt ourselves. God has laid on Jesus the sins of the whole world. What you have to do is to tell Him everything, confess your guilt and sin and repent, and then He will cleanse you and throw all your sins into the depths of the sea. Don’t forget there is a sign that reads no fishing allowed. If somebody has suffered through your guilt, then make restitution in the power and wisdom of the Lord.

As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

Psalms 103:12

Lord, thank You that where You have carried our guilt we have not to carry it ourselves. Help us not to listen to the accuser of the brethren, the devil, anymore. but to Your Holy Spirit. who always points to the finished work on the cross.