Devotions for Lent – Day 10

No Longer Hidden

“But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.”     (Isaiah 59:2)

Read Isaiah 59:16-21.

Curtains are meant to create a separation between two things, to hide one thing from the other. The veil represented the separation of a holy God from an un-holy, sin – stained people.

Remember the woman from the introduction to these devotions? The curtain off her unworthiness kept her at a distance. She felt that her past mistakes made it impossible for her to come into the light of forgiveness, so she suffered in the darkness of her sin.

The cross changes all of that. God no longer hides His face from you. Jesus suffered that punishment for you. The Father turned away from His own Son so you can receive His blessing: “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace” (Numbers 6:24-26). What words in those verses draw you in, closer to your Savior? Think or write about them.

Prayer Starter:
Lord, I often feel unworthy to draw near to You. By faith in Jesus, give me boldness, especially with . . .