“He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all–how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” Romans 8:32 (NIV)
The gas light just came on. You keep driving as you wonder how far you can go before you run out. The farther you drive the more adrenaline pumps into your bloodstream. As you visualize the possibility of stepping out of your car to push it one full block to the gas pump, you decide it might be time to stop risking the inevitable and just take the time to fill up.
God’s gas light never comes on. His tank never empties. He never runs on fumes. God is the God of abundance! His resources are unlimited! The beauty of His love is seen by His willingness to give us His very best, His own Son. God gave up His Son, Jesus, for us all. What an incredible portrait of His grace.
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 (NIV)
God did not wait until you had it all together. God did not wait until you cleaned your life up and eliminated the rough edges. God demonstrated His own love for us before we made a move toward Him. God went first! God initiated the love relationship that we enjoy! How do we know that? While we were still bankrupt in our sinful condition, Christ died for us!
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23 (NIV)
Notice what we truly deserve…death! Notice what we get instead…eternal life! How can that be? God who graciously gives us all things gives us the gift of eternal life. It cost Him everything, yet it is free to us.
Have you received the gift of eternal life? Are you in Christ? Your union with Christ will determine your eternal destiny.
Pursuing God,
Stephen Trammell
Pastor of Leadership and Pastoral Care
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“love your neighbor as yourself”: I can love my neighbor forever, but if she does not “turn around” and love me back, we will never have a relationship. So God did for me; He loved me first, Jesus died for me; I don’t understand such love. But, when I “turned around” and saw and believed and loved Him back, I have a relationship with my Lord. I don’t understand the abundance of love my Father has for me, but I know it is there. My heart is full of thanksgiving.