In a concentration camp, a guard announced that a shovel was missing. Screaming at the men, he kept insisting someone had stolen it. He shouldered his rifle, ready to kill one prisoner at a time until a confession was made.
As the story continues, a Scottish soldier broke ranks, stood stiffly at attention, and said, “I did it.” The guard killed the man. As they returned to camp, the shovels were counted. The guard had made a mistake. No shovel was missing after all.
Who does that? What kind of person would take the blame for something he didn’t do? When you find the adjective, attach it to Jesus. Isaiah 53:6 says, “God has piled all our sins, everything we’ve done wrong on him.” Christ lived the life we could not live and took the punishment we could not take to offer the hope we cannot resist.
Recovery Step: Let Jesus do what he came to do. Give him your shame, your guilt, your addiction, your everything.
