Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Worship for Today: The riches of God's mercy!

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Ephesians 2:4-5,
 
"Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved."
 
The expression of God's "great love for us", the riches of his mercy toward us, is simply inexplicable to me. What we call the grace of God is that by which we have been saved. Due to the nature of our Creator God and his God-sized heart, he chose to reach out to us through his Son, Jesus Christ.
 
I won't get to heaven by doing more good than bad. I won't get to heaven by engaging in any spiritual disciplines, prayer, fasting, you name it. I won't get to heaven by joining any particular church or group. I won't get to heaven by keeping my nose clean with the law. I won't get to heaven by church attendance or tithing. I won't get to heaven by subscribing to the "correct" theology.
 
I will get to heaven because of God's great love for us, the riches of his mercy, his giving of his Son Jesus Christ to die a miserable death to pay the penalty for my sins, the penalty due me. It is entirely by this grace of God that I am saved. All God asked is that I turn from my life of sin to him, embrace him in faith, trust in him. What catches my eye this morning is that it was while I was dead in my transgressions and sins, while I followed the ways of this world and the ways of the devil, gratifying the cravings of my sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts... it was while I was in this circumstance that God reached out to me!
 
How astonishing this great love of God, the riches of the mercy of our God! 
 
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!

Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com

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