No Counting

DEVOTION
ROMANS

NO COUNTING
Rom 4:4-8

4 Now when a man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation. 5 However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness. 6 David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
7 "Blessed are they
whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed is the man
whose sin the Lord will never count against him."
Now I know how to count, no doubt, and have counted the times someone has either offended me, repeatedly or hurt my feelings, or did not follow through on what they promised, or did not give me proper due, when I did something great. I think I am being a little over the top here, but I get the picture. I am not always able to forget and even at times not able to forgive. I might harbor feelings for a couple of days until God intervenes with that two by four upside my head. It is not easy for me, a mere man to not remember or count those times when others do hurt my feelings, or don’t pay attention to what I say or do something else I think they should not. It is not easy to always just let it go, not to say something back, or not to get hurt feelings. And I have to admit, if I do remember those times, it is a form of counting. I know better, but I think I still count in some fashion. I am sure glad, when I read these verses I am able to see my Lord will always forgive and forget my failures, in fact, he will never bring them up to me again because he covered them, not I, but he covered them. He will not count them, or count them against me. He reconciled himself to me. How great a love that is, and knowing I still cannot be the person he wants me to be all the time. Lord help me!