June 01, 2023
Daily Devotion:
"The Redeemed"
Psalm 103:12
New International Version
12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
You may be surprised to know that the apostle Paul had every reason to feel ashamed. He was one whose past was dreadful: "formerly a blasphemer . . . persecutor . . . violent aggressor." Then how could the same man write, "I am not ashamed" (2 Timothy 1:12)? He gives us the answer here in 1 Timothy 1:14: Grace was more than abundant. Blasphemy had abounded in his past, but grace super abounded. Violence and brutality had abounded, but grace super abounded.
