For the last couple of days our office faced the audit from the state of Pennsylvania. When I worked in the restaurant industry years ago, a health inspector would come in monthly to check the sanitation we provided in serving our customers. Some people would get flustered as they escorted the inspector around the building as they looked into every crack and crevice. Others, trusting in their management skills knew they had a clean store and would pass the inspection with perhaps minor adjustments.
We fear the word audit in business, perhaps because we think we are in an uncontrollable situation and either our jobs or reputations are on the line. During my interview with the auditor I knew the work I had done, previously having been reviewed by our company's own auditor, would meet the state's muster. The auditor asked procedural questions and my answers were accepted. Today, my boss told me my section of the audit was very good.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. Romans 5:1-2 NIV
Paul tells us God "credited" righteousness to Abraham because he believed God would do what he promised to accomplish in him. The "crediting" is also to those who believe God raised Jesus from the dead. This righteousness is not our's and if we were to stand before God's audit without it, we would be in a world of hurt. But, when the day comes for us to stand before God, not by works or by the law, but by the "credited" righteousness of God, we will not need to panic.
We fear the word audit in business, perhaps because we think we are in an uncontrollable situation and either our jobs or reputations are on the line. During my interview with the auditor I knew the work I had done, previously having been reviewed by our company's own auditor, would meet the state's muster. The auditor asked procedural questions and my answers were accepted. Today, my boss told me my section of the audit was very good.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. Romans 5:1-2 NIV
Paul tells us God "credited" righteousness to Abraham because he believed God would do what he promised to accomplish in him. The "crediting" is also to those who believe God raised Jesus from the dead. This righteousness is not our's and if we were to stand before God's audit without it, we would be in a world of hurt. But, when the day comes for us to stand before God, not by works or by the law, but by the "credited" righteousness of God, we will not need to panic.
