Throw Out the Garbage

I bless you to
Treasure Christ
And the gift of
His imputed righteousness
So highly
That all your own merits
Are
Garbage
In comparison.

Rubbish.
Or maybe,
More starkly,
Dung—
That’s what our
Personal religious accomplishments
Are compared to
“That which comes
Through faith in Christ,
The righteousness
From God
That depends on faith.” (Philippians 3:9)

You have been given
A salvation
So great
So free
So glorious
That all other
Self-salvations
Stink in comparison.

Go ahead,
Throw out the garbage,
And live in the aroma of Christ.