(Tune of “Jesus Shall Reign”)
My Advocate
resides above, a gift of my dear Father’s love.
He pleads His
precious blood for me; presents me clean for God to see.
As Advocate He guides me, too; directs me all
my long life through.
His counsel is for
me what’s best; obeying it I will be blest.
Years ago we moved to new town. On my visit to the community I met with a
realtor and purchased a house. It was a
nice house and I was assured that everything was in working order. The day we
moved in it was learned that the realtor had simply lied. Nothing was in working order. Nothing was as agreed in the contract. The house was literally uninhabitable and we
moved out the next day. The day after
that the realtor called and both he and the seller were planning to sue us for
breach of contract. I was rather
upset. At work I mentioned the situation
to a co-worker and went home quite worried and more upset. Right after supper that night I got a
call. My co-worker had passed the news
of our trouble on to a lawyer. The
lawyer called and told me that he knew both the realtor and the seller and that
he would make everything alright the next day and that there would be no suit
and we could get on with our lives. Not only that, but his service was free. I was no longer upset.
A lawyer is an advocate. He pleads the case and takes care of his
client’s needs. In I John 2 Jesus is
called our Advocate. He is our Advocate
with the Father. We make a mess of
things in our haste and then we find ourselves in trouble with our guilt. But we have an Advocate with our Father,
Jesus Christ the Righteous One. He
pleads His precious blood that was shed on Calvary for our sins and presents us
spotless before the throne of God. We
cannot buy this service; it’s free. The
blood of Jesus Christ cannot be paid for.
It must be believed in. Faith in
our Advocate is the key. Not by any work
can we pay Him. He saves us and keeps us
by faith in Him. Our response is
gratitude.
That gratitude should display itself
in obedience to the guidance then given to us by our Advocate. While His blood will never fail to cover our
sins, His will for us is that we stop living in the practice of sin. As Paul wrote to the Romans, “Should we then
sin that grace may abound? God forbid!” Our Advocate will lead us in paths of
righteousness for His Name sake. He will
not abandon us in our need, but He wants us to follow closely to His lead. He knows best and we can rest most peacefully
as we follow the guidance and live in the care of our great Advocate.
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