Covered

It's an exhausting lifestyle when I'm living to fulfill expectations- be it from myself or other people. It's like chasing the wind; I can't keep up. Somehow, no matter how many times I escape that way of living, I always fall back into it. A ruthless cycle.
But then a new day comes, and I wake up again and remember that there is only One who is worth living for, and he has one expectation: holiness. Ha. Try all I want, I will never be able to fulfill that expectation.
A sigh of relief, and I smile in disbelief. Jesus Christ has already soared above that single expectation. He flew beyond it. He surpassed "holiness" and plowed through "savior" and "conqueror."
You see, I can't live up to God's expectation of his creation. But I don't have to. He is pleased to look on Jesus' perfection and flawless purity and cover me with it as a blanket. In his eyes, I have already fulfilled the expectation because, when the king of the universe looks at me, he sees Jesus.