Not What I've Done - What He Did

"For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.  Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him." - Romans 5:7-9

Do you remember the day that you yielded your life by faith to Jesus? Was it a passionate day for you? Did you suddenly have spiritual insight into your hopelessness? It was like one moment you did not understand and the next moment you did. The word for that is an "epiphany". "A moment when you suddenly feel that you understand, or suddenly become conscious of something that is very important to you" 

If you are indeed born again - then I know you did. It is the moment of faith-found when God puts His Spirit in us - opens our eyes to eternal truth. It is inexplicable - mysterious - marvelous - wonderful. Becoming a Christian is all of those things.

So Easter is nearly upon us. The Celebration of the culmination of the very reason God sent His Son. Does the idea of that stir your heart? Or has it become just another celebration that has become dull - no longer a shining reminder that "It is not what I have done - but what He did." I don't want to say that my heart has grown cold at the thought of Easter - but it nearly had - that is until the Spirit, once again, stirred in me.

Martie and I have dedicated our lives to serving others and forsaking the life that most Americans are chasing - financial security - stability - roots that grow deep in one place - a family at arms reach. But it is not what we have done, but what He did. We have done nothing in comparison to the work on the cross. 

"Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men." - Philippians 2:5-7

It is what He did - that is what we celebrate - that is what we praise the Father for - that is what proclaim to the world.

Think about it – Pray about it – Believe it – Walk in it. Let your light shine and give God the glory.

By Faith Alone By His Grace Alone And For His Glory Alone