When God set up the regulations for sacrifices, he said that he would choose to take delight and to see that smoke as a pleasing aroma. Later on, through the prophets, he told Israel to stop bringing meaningless sacrifices. His conditional delight had always depended upon their heart, and not simply what they cast upon the altar. It had never been a magic recipe, but had always been an attempt at real and meaningful relationship.All the righteousness we possess is still contaminated, like toilet water, with the open sewer of sin which spoils the landscape of our heart.When we confess Jesus, our savior who died on the cross, we confess our complete inability to please God—otherwise, Jesus would never have needed to be the perfect sacrifice for us. And as we place our trust in God and act out that faith, we find ourselves in the beginning of a relationship which is supposed to grow throughout our life. And through that relationship, God will do the impossible: he will cover that sewer, he will purify the water, and he will show us the beauty of true righteousness.

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