May. 22, 2009
like a fire shut up in my bones.....
Posted in devotions
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Oh, I am sooo excited this morning. You know why? Because I am a friend of God. Because the creator of the UNIVERSE came down from His throne and died on the cross FOR ME. All because He loved me so much that HE couldn't stand the thought of eternity without me. Isn't that amazing? Isn't that enough to stir something in your spirit? Isn't that enough to cry out to everyone about what you have? Jer. 20:9 says it perfectly. Thats how I feel today. And I thank God for that excitement. He is so good. He came. He stepped out of the infinite and into the finite. He was forever God, and yet He chose to become as a lowly man. He has never sinned. He knew no sin. And yet He chose to take the consequences of my sins. He bore them. And He did so willingly. All so that I could spend eternity with HIM! His birth was a miracle. and His death an even bigger one. He was borne of a Virgin. Amazing. He came challeging everything we know.  He was miraculously concieved. And He was miraculous.He had NO sin. And yet He was tempted in everything. But He was still God. He saw thru eternal eyes. Oh, Lord how I pray that I will have an eternal perspective! I want to see sin as YOU saw it while here on earth! My Jesus (God in the flesh) the ONLY begotten Son of the Father. Thank You for your sacrifice. Thank You for what you did for me. Guys. The only begotton Son of God, died so that I would be made clean. I haven't given my testimony on here. Not completely... Maybe one day. But suffice it to say that I had a LOT of sin. I was a no good dirty sinner. And my Jesus set me free! He set me FREE from sin forever. And God will remember it no more. I will not be judged guilty of those sins. Because the blood of the ONLY lamb washed me white as snow. And because of that I can stand (we will all stand) in the presence of a HOLY GOD without shame. Not like Adam and Eve did that fateful day in the garden. Not in shame and guilt over my sin. I won't have to run and hide from God. Because I am clean before His eyes. Because of the sacrifice He made on the cross I am made spotless. And my sins??? They were taken as far as the east is from the west. Isn't that amazing!!?!? There is nothing. Absolutely NOTHING that I can ever do to repay Him. Oh, but I can live for Him. I can put Him first in my life. I can make my choices dependant on Him. I can choose to obey. I can choose to sacrifice. (not blood, but resources.) So is that a contradiction? If there is nothing I can do... If the work of salvation was done on Calvary (AND IT WAS!! HALLELUJA!!) then why work? right? If there is nothing that I can add (AND THERE ISN"T!) then I can just sit back and wait for Heaven, right? You know what? I probably could. I serve a Big God. One that would still usher me in. God is no respecter of persons. There is no second class citizen in Heaven. My Jesus would still Love me. and His blood would still be sufficient. But my question is this... Why would I? Am I not grateful? Am I not so blessed? Why would I not want to go and worship Him? Why would I not want to bless Him in praise? Why would I not give of my time and money to the church? Will manna outlast what He did for me? I think not! This life is like a vapor. We are here today and gone tomorrow. I want my life to count for eternity. I want the things I choose to do with my time to last forever. I want my Jesus to look down from the right hand of hte Father and smile at me. I want God to say "Well done, good and faithful servant!" Oh, Lord, how I long to hear those words! Be blessed. Take TODAY by the horns. Learn something. For all wisdom is available to those who ask. Bless someone for we are blessed. Love hard, for God is love. Word hard, for it is profitable. And be excited. Because Jesus does LOVE you!! |
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