You are my goodness; I am your punishment. You assumed everything I deserved and was, so I can receive everything you deserve and are. I'm rich. I'm adopted into the family of God. I have an imperishable inheritance. I'm going to shine like the stars in the kingdom of my Father. Even now. his holy power and joy has come into my life through the Holy Spirit, and it has begun to grow, and it will eventually swallow up all of my foolishness and all of my sadness and all of my weakness. I am rich..."
That is why the measurement of our devotion, lordship, love for the Lord, is not based on the things that we can actually do, but with what we can let go. Because He lived a perfect life, died a perfect death and resurrected, not to live or do all that He did because it is impossible, but for His righteousness to be upon us... So that we can be loved, accepted, and taken care of by God just like He was with Jesus.
So if Jesus is truly your treasure, He shall be incomparable and irreplaceable.
He doesn't take anything away, but we give it back to Him.
Because she knows God loves her. Because she trusts that God is good to her. Because she stands to be His beloved daughter. There's nothing to prove or compare. Nothing broken, nothing missing. All for His glory. Holy, holy, holy! And as she surrenders, she is strengthened, satisfied, safe and secured.
