Giving Him Glory: Reflections on Being Made 'Flawless'

Giving Him Glory: Reflections on Being Made 'Flawless': No matter the bumps No matter the bruises No matter the scars Still the truth is The cross has made The cross has made you fl...

Reflections on Being Made 'Flawless'

No matter the bumps

No matter the bruises

No matter the scars

Still the truth is

The cross has made

The cross has made you flawless

No matter the hurt

Or how deep the wound is

No matter the pain

Still the truth is

The cross has made

The cross has made you flawless.

(“Flawless”-MercyMe)

As I walk this new path, alone, but not alone, I have been experiencing an awakening. I have encountered a new deeper understanding of just what the cross means.

Flawless has always meant the beautiful, the perfect, the never dirty, the wise, the focused, the goal oriented – the one which makes no mistakes, always on time and ready for any adventure.

I have never been flawless. I trip over my shoelaces, I don’t mind being dirty, I lose focus more than I have it, I give up on goals too soon, and mistakes are my way of life. I am however, ready for any and all adventures.

I’m guessing that’s why God made me flawless on that day in 1969. On that day, I discovered the cross. Actually, I discovered the blood that was shed on the cross.  Today I understand the true meaning of the cross. Over the past several months my studies have revealed the ‘cleansing’ of the cross. It is sad that until now I didn’t picture myself as ‘washed’ clean. I understood in my mind the concept of cleansing but failed to see the ‘flawless’ me.

To be flawless, perfect in His eyes, is to be ready for whatever He might call me to do. All in to do whatever He might put before me, knowing that if I surrender to His will, He’ll make it to be so.  The bumps, bruises, scars, hurts, wounds, and pain have led me to the truth…He has made me flawless.

 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

2 Corinthians 5:17