July 30, 2009
“We’re all like sheep who’ve wandered off and gotten lost. We’ve done our own thing, gone our own way. And God has piled all our sins, everything we’ve done wrong, on him, on Him.” Isaiah 53:5-6 The Message
What makes your life worth living …?
Is it knowing that all of your pains .. disfigurements .. all the things wrong with you .. all the things that often crush you .. weigh you down .. cancelled sins that continue to whisper .. burdens .. the daily life pounds you carry around … was carried by Jesus personally on your behalf? It should … but we often forget or let it gather dust in our minds and hearts. He has carried all of the baggage of your life and in exchange has given you His life … JesusLife … Free .. Real .. Whole .. Risen! Why would you want to keep carrying anything of your old life today? There is only one thing that you can do to what Jesus has cancelled .. paid for .. suffered for .. punished for on your account: Trust Him today … Receive His strength … Let Him carry the burdens — shame — and guilt … Let Him wash this Truth over – under – and through you. It is called Grace .. Saving Grace .. Cleansing Grace .. Healing Grace .. Helping Grace .. Delivering Grace .. Greater Grace .. All the Grace you need today to love the life that Jesus is living in and through you. In Christ .. the lowest life is resurrected .. the greatest mistakes are made whole .. the sin-scars are turned into life-changing stories .. the world-weighted-burdens are transformed into offerings of worship. You are worth that much…you have been given, in Christ, life, life and more life. It only takes a moment to lay your burdens down, and take up the free life of Jesus…
“Still, it’s what God had in mind all along, to crush him with pain. The plan was that he give himself as an offering for sin so that he’d see life come from it—life, life, and more life….He took on his own shoulders the sin of the many, he took up the cause of all of the black sheep.” Isaiah 53: 10, 12 The Message
Ken Chester and Bob Stec (P1 NC Core): Grace-Gripped is sent M-F to Grace Nailed Followers of Jesus and friends of Priority One (ken@priorityone.org)
