And when He uttered those words, bowed His head and gave up His spirit, He carried the weight of all sin for all time. He became sin:

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. ( 2 Cor 5:21)

Yes, the wilderness is essentially the story of broken mankind as well as mankind’s redemption.

So, you see, all the way back in Eden, in tasking Adam to name all the creatures God was training Adam to know Him.

Understand, you are not your ‘flesh’. Your flesh, despite its influence on your soul, is not you. When you are saved, you are “one Spirit” with the Lord (See 1 Cor 6:17).

Sometimes, God waits, and we’ve all gotten used to accepting the old adage that He does things ‘in His time’. As we can see above, there will come a time when His mystery is finished and He will proclaim via His angel that there will be no more delay. What’s this mystery?

Every other religion in the world is somehow based upon works – climbing up to heaven. The one and only true religion is about trust and relationship with God. The sheep trust the Shepherd because they know the Shepherd. He says that all other religions are thieves and robbers because as agents of the wicked one, they want to steal your soul away from the Father.

That’s because being these things is directly linked to KNOWING God.

‘Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart. (Jer 24:7)

Something about Nazareth had clouded Nate’s mind but Jesus brought in the light, swept away the clouds and Nazareth was no longer an issue. This is the doubt that many people hold to who want the truth but can’t get past the prejudice of their ‘logic’ or the frustration of ‘rabbit-holes’ that turn up empty.

When you look into that mirror of your soul, who do you see reflected? The greater you learn to trust and submit your ‘all’ to Him, the clearer the view of Him will be. Oh, He’s always there in your spirit in utter perfection.

So how you perceive yourself is very important to your overall health. Do you think Christianity is a self-improvement program? Do you continue to try to overcome sin? I hope not because Jesus settled that once and for all. Do you just continue in your sin? I hope not because if so, you haven’t realized who you are – your identity in Christ.