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You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.

Micah 7:19

In the Depths of the Sea

‘Sploosh.’ I remember that sound as if it was yesterday. My boys and I were out with my dad, fishing on his boat. We were on Green Lake, in central Wisconsin. Anyone who has fished with young kids knows that the adults don’t actually do much fishing. Rather, it involves a lot of reattaching worms and lures, as well as untangling lines. During one of those breaks in the action, my youngest son leaned over the side of the boat to look at something in the water. As he did so, his glasses slid off his face and into the water. ‘Sploosh.’

Now, for those who don’t know, Green Lake is the deepest natural lake in Wisconsin. Its maximum depth is 237 feet. Try as we might, there was absolutely no way we were going to recover or find those glasses. They were gone forever.

God wants us to know that he has done the same thing with our sins. No matter what our sins are or how big or small we think they are or how long we have been carrying them around in guilt and shame, God wants us to know that he has removed them from us forever. He has hurled them into the depths of the sea. This was made possible for us when Jesus went to the cross in our place. There, as he died for you and me, he took on our sins and paid for them once and for all. God the Father accepted that payment and has taken our sins and removed them from us once and for all. We are forgiven and saved because of Jesus.

The good news for my son was that Shopko had free replacement on kids’ glasses, so he was able to get a new pair as soon as we got back home. The even better news for you is that because of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection, you have been given a new, guilt-free life here on earth and a glorious eternal life in heaven.

Prayer:

Dear Father in heaven, thank you for removing my sins and burying them in the depths of the sea. Help me to live a thankful life, looking forward to my eternal life with you. Amen.

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