2 For I am jealous for you with the jealousy of God himself. I promised you as a pure bride[a] to one husband—Christ. 3 But I fear that somehow your pure and undivided devotion to Christ will be corrupted, just as Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the serpent.
So in my quiet time my paradigm shifted. I started thinking about how as a man I want my bride to look and be ideally. Radiant, captivating, pleasing to me in everyway. . . This is what as Christ's bride I need to strive to be for him. I'm Christ's bride, so how do I want my Lord to see me? My purity I know was accomplished at the cross; however my devotion to Christ - this is what I do control. Lord, help me to truly be your Pure Bride. Show me areas that maybe aren't so pure in my devotion to you. Thank you for the purity you gave me on the Cross, and Lord help me to strive to keep my devotion to you pure as if each day was a new wedding ceremony. Amen.
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BTW, this is from 2Corinthians 11
Wow Jamie, what a powerful post. I love the concept that my purity--often in question by myself and a certain someone from my past--was accomplished at the cross. Nothing motivates pure devotion in my life more than knowing I'm counted as pure before God because of Christ's sacrifice for me. This is also a very freeing concept--I don't have to struggle on my own for purity in thoughts, eyes, or body. I have nothing to prove to God and nothing to do to gain His approval. Freed from all obligations, what else would I do but give Him the natural outpouring of love and devotion in response to all that He is for me in Christ.
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