Lost the wonder
Romans 3:23
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”
Romans 6:23
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”
Romans 5:8
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
Ephesians 2:4-9
“But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ ( by grace you have been saved)and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the Heavenly Places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God; not as a result of works so that no one may boast.”
At some point in all of our lives God will allow you to see and feel the weight of your own sinful nature. He does this to give us a chance to turn to him or forsake him. It can be staggering. For those who choose Christ’s offer of salvation and believe that Jesus died on the cross for their sins, died and was raised to life they are changed and that’s the beginning of a new relationship with God. At some point though I fear we have lost the wonder of that great love. Years ago Pastor Micah did a series called Life Verses that are verses of scripture we base our lives on. If you’ve ever gotten an email from me you have seen my life verses on my signature. Romans 5:8 and Psalm 18:19. If you ever ask me why those verses it’s because I never want to lose the wonder and amazement caused by by God’s love. It’s hard enough to believe another human could love me but even more amazing to think of this. When you look at all that God has made in creation and realize nothing is out of his control and then think He made you and me and sin separated us but He made a way for us to have salvation and it was because of LOVE. That is a love that drops you to your knees and thank you is simply not a good enough response and I don’t want you and I to lose that wonder.
“The mercy of the Father cost his son his life. His love is deep, his love is wide. There’s a cross to bridge the great divide”
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