When
James was struggling to breathe a few weeks ago, he looked up at me in the
middle of one of his steam treatments and asked me if I thought he was going to
die. I told him no, I didn’t think so. As concerned as I was for him, I
realized he was not only miserable, but scared too. Both feeling helpless, we
prayed together. I also heard him pray again by himself when he was in bed.
We
can feel helpless, but God is always able to help. In fact, He’s already taken
care of our biggest problem – our sin.
Romans
5:5-11 “And hope does not disappoint us,
because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. You
see, at just the right time, when we
were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will
anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly
dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died
for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through
him! For if, when we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through
the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be
saved through his life!
Not only is this so, but we also
rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now
received reconciliation.” Romans 5:5-11
Because
of Jesus’ death, I am a reconciled child of God; I have been forgiven; my debt
has been paid; and my debt was paid in full by someone else (Jesus
Christ). If that was all Jesus did for me, I would have more than enough
for which to rejoice. However, Jesus didn’t just die to pay for our sins,
God raised Him from the dead to give us eternal life!!! We not only
receive peace and joy here on earth as a result of our reconciliation, but we
will receive everlasting life with God in Heaven because we have been saved
through Christ’s life!
Will
you thank God for His love in reconciling and saving you?
How
are you and I extending that same love to others, offering hope to the helpless?
Alice
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