Have you ever dropped a glass and it shatter? After it shatters, does it serve a purpose anymore? No, not really. It’s pretty much ruined. My next step after it drops on the ground is sweeping up the mess and throwing it away.
When we sinned in Eden and ate from the fruit (and every time we sinned after that), we were like that glass hitting the floor – broken and shattered. Our ability to serve the purpose we were put on this earth to do became questionable. We could have easily been swept up and thrown out. But God didn’t do that. He decided that, even though we were broken, we were worth keeping around.
In fact, He sent His only Son to earth so that we might be saved and made whole again (John 3:16). It would be the equivalent of us trying to glue the 1,000 tiny pieces of the glass that shattered on the floor. That is a special kind of Love!
The rub is, though, no matter what we do, we would always see the glue marks on the glass we are trying to glue together. Our glue marks are our scars. These scars serve a purpose. If we were made whole again, without those scars, how would we be able to be a walking testimony for our Lord? It would be hard to show people where we once were if there was no evidence. Even Christ kept His scars so that others would understand what He endured. (John 20:27)
Luke 14:27 declares that we must take up our Cross and follow Christ in order to be His disciple. Part of that Cross is our bearing those scars. It is turning from those ways and helping those who are walking in the valleys you once were walking in. Part of the reason we need to remain marked up until we reach Heaven is because those scars share what our God can do. It is for His glory.
Even though scars indicate that we have sinned, it also means that we have been put back together. It means that what once were wounds are now healed. Thus we are a walking testimony of the Grace of God. Next time the enemy tries to shame you for a scar, for something God has forgiven you from, remind him that these scars are there to glorify God and show how great He is! Have faith that God knows what he is doing.
“So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.”
Romans 8:1-2 NLT
Boldly Radiant 