Feeling the Burden of Our Own Sins

Do you see the glory of God in His wisdom, power, righteousness, truth and love, supremely disclosed at Calvary, in the making of propitiation for our sins? The Bible does; and we venture to add, if you felt the burden and pressure of your own sins at their true weight, so would you.
–J. I. Packer

Too often I think, “I’m a pretty good person.” And in thinking this, I forget how serious my sin was – serious enough to require Someone else to die as a substitute in my place. It is seldom that I consider the true weight of my sin. And therefore, it is seldom that I truly consider how amazing the grace of God is, and how glorious He should be in mind. I should hold Him in the places of highest esteem at all times because of what He did to wipe out the consequences of sin for me.

Father, thank You for Jesus. Thank You for the cross. Help me to view sin as You do. Help me to better grasp the weight of my sin. And allow me to better understand Your great grace that was stronger than all of my sin.