Devotionals

The Far Distance

by Anne Adams
07/08/22
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As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12 (NKJV)
The Far Distance

“If God forgives our sins what does he do with them?”

Aiden’s sudden question surprised Mark but as a Sunday school teacher of a small class of young boys he knew his students were bright and inquisitive – Aiden in particular. Yet how could he answer what for Aiden was a logical query?

Logical - at least to Aiden - since they’d been discussing how God forgives and cleanses our sins . But then he had another, "God forgives and cleanses but does he ever put our sins back?”

Paul paused to think then as he got an idea and motioned the children to gather around a world.
"Now, Aiden, hold your finger right there on the United States...” Then when the boy had done that Mark continued. "Now keep your finger right there on the United States, and we'll slowly turn the globe to the right...that's good... so note that we're going east here....now keep turning – keep your finger in place..further..further... that’s right – see that we’re turning it back to where you started..further…. Stop there!! Now where's your finger?"
Aiden studied the globe. "Hey! I’m back in the United States." The boy was puzzled. "But how's that? I was going east and now I’m back where I started ... I came in from the west ..Hey, what does that mean?” Then he looked up. “It’s like east and west never meet!”
“Which goes with what the Psalmist was saying,” Mark smiled. “See, in the Psalmist’s image God removes our sins ‘.. as far as the east is from the west” and since the east and west never meet, then that means our sins are gone. So what God forgives he removes – so far away that even he can’t find them so he can’t put them back!”

Aiden slowly removed his finger from the globe and grinned. “Wow - that’s awesome!”