Our best life
by Dianne Eckermann
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For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever (Hebrews 7:28).
Jesus is unique! We could spend a great deal of time exploring the many ways in which he is unique. Today’s passage tells us that Jesus has been made perfect forever; he is our high priest. He is not, however, like other high priests when he intercedes on our behalf. He is blameless and most significantly, he has overcome death. This changed something in our relationship with God.
We may not know much about high priests today, but what we do know is that Jesus, as our high priest, takes the focus away from the law, which we cannot by any means fulfil. Both law and gospel come from God. The law tells us what we should be and what we should do, while the gospel is the wonderful news that God forgives our sins, and we are made holy in Jesus. It sounds simple, but because of our human nature, we are exceptionally good at justifying ourselves and overlook the amazing gift of God’s grace offered freely to us.
I’ve lost count of the number of times I have heard people announcing, ‘I am living my best life’, or, from those who are still struggling to reach this pinnacle, ‘I just want to live my best life’. Just what a ‘best life’ looks like is unclear, but it would seem that it is something that, with a great deal of effort, we can all achieve.
Our best life is already there, on offer to us through Jesus, the high priest who sacrificed himself. We are not required to work towards this goal; it is offered to us. The law shows us that because we cannot help but sin, we are separated from God. But through our high priest, Jesus, who has been made perfect forever, and through the Holy Spirit, we can come to God – truly our best life.
Father, thank you for providing us with Jesus and through him your precious gift of forgiveness. Help me to continue to grow in faith through the power of your gospel at work in me. Amen.
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