Is Normal Always Good?

“All we like sheep have gone astray.” Isaiah 53:6

One night we had friends over for dinner and I asked the man, “Have you ever sinned?” He seemed both shocked and offended. “NO!” was his response. Now picture a shepherd with his flock. He is leading them to green pastures when a little lamb sees an attractive clump of grass and he wanders over to it. At that moment he is no longer following the shepherd. We would call the lamb’s behavior normal. God would call that lamb’s behavior, if it were human, sin.

Normality for mankind is to go our own way, to seek what we desire. That is the way of the world around us. That is the way of sin. Sin is natural because we are born sinners. Therefore God can indict everyone by using the inclusive word “all”. That is why everyone needs the last part of this verse, “The Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all”. Christ took all our sins upon Himself when He died on Calvary. Because we all sin, we all need a Savior. Praise God, He gave one for us.

Dear Father, Thank You for providing a sin substitute for me. Amen. 

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