Save Yourself
Ephesians 2:8-9 I mean that you have been saved by grace because you believed. You did not save yourselves; it was a gift from God. You are not saved by the things you have done, so there is nothing to boast about.
I’m a great fan of people (myself included) stepping up and taking responsibility – cleaning up after themselves; paying their debts; controlling their behaviour … how about you?
What a different world it would be if everyone simply took ownership of the things they’re responsible for, rather than blaming their circumstances, others, or even God.
And whilst that’d be perfect in an ideal world, you and I aren’t perfect and we don’t live in an ideal world. There are some messes we’ve created that we’ll never be able to clean up; some debts that we’ll never be able to repay; some entrenched behaviours that we’ll never be able to change.
Just think of the blunders you’ve made in the past, the things – if you could turn the clock back – you’d do very differently second time around; the hurts you’ve caused that you can’t heal in others; the way in which you rejected God, knowing full well that the things you did were wrong … that sense of guilt that still bubbles away deep within.
And yet this God of ours is a God of love, a God of grace, a God of forgiveness who, as you choose to trust in Him, in Jesus His Son whom He sent for you, will save you from the things you can never change.
Ephesians 2:8-9 [What] I mean [is] that you have been saved by grace because you believed. You did not save yourselves; it was a gift from God. You are not saved by the things you have done, so there is nothing to boast about.
That’s good news. Very good news.
And that’s God’s Word. Fresh … for you … today.
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