Thursday, April 01, 2010

Because of What He did for ME!

The last week I have been thinking a lot about my mortality. Did you know you can actually find out the date you will die? Check out: http://www.deathclock.com/ Ok, well maybe not, but I think it puts things in perspective a little bit! On Sunday during the sermon Jason Anderson showed this “clock” to put things in perspective. Honestly, it did the trick, and to be even more honest, I can’t make myself go and do it. Phil did it right away and told me his “death” date and it totally freaked me out! I don’t know if I am in denial, or I just feel strange about knowing a date I could die. But the funny thing is I will die, we all will die. So why do I not want to know a fake number that is computer generated? I should be living like tomorrow is my day, and today is all I have.

With Easter this next week I have been thinking a lot about what Christ did on the cross for me to save me. I am not worthy, I do not deserve grace or mercy. I am full of sin and corruption. Even when I strive my hardest to be like Christ I fall on my face. Thank God I have the hope of salvation.

A few weeks ago in class my professor was talking about grace and mercy, it really struck a chord with me. He used the example of speeding and being pulled over by a cop. The cop walks up to the car and askes, “do you know how fast you were going? He responds “no, not really.” The cop takes his license and registration and goes back to his car to run it. When he comes back to your car he says he is going to let you go this time without a ticket. That is grace, you deserved the ticket, yet you were shown grace. Now imagine the cop then says, “and you know what, he is fifty bucks, take your wife out for a nice meal.” That is mercy. This is what Christ did for us, we deserve death, yet he showed us grace by saving us from this. That would have been enough by itself, yet Christ goes a step farther and says I am not only going to save you, but to make you part of my family and give you the hope of heaven.

If you let this reality sink in, you and I should live out lives differently. We were shown the greatest grace and mercy, let us live lives full of grace and mercy. I want to live each day knowing this could be my last, I want people that I interact with see Christ in me, whether I am at the gas station interacting with the attendant for a short few moments or I am having coffee with a great friend or at home. I want my life to be the city on the hill for all to see.

I hope you all have a great Easter with friends and family, let what Christ did for you sink in, I challenge myself and you to not just let this be another holiday but make it a change in your life and use every moment to live in the grace and mercy Jesus has shown us. Because is what Christ has done for me, I will live me life for Him!

Want to hear a great song that has inspired me? Click Here!! 

"Let me tell you why you are here. You're here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You've lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.

"Here's another way to put it: You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don't think I'm going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I'm putting you on a light stand. Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you'll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:13-16 (The Message)

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