Before I begin, I want to wish you and your families a very wonderful Easter, and the many blessings the day brings for us all as we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I continue to keep you in my prayers and ask for yours as well as I seek to present with all humility what God has given unto me to share.
For more than 4,000 years God sought to redeem the whole of humanity through, signs, wonders, famine, drought, floods, decrees, laws, commandments, plagues and captivity, and for the 2,000 years since Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection, He has ceaselessly bid us to come unto repentance, and the excellency of His knowledge that the grace of God be revealed therein. Oh, if we truly knew the weight, the cost, the gravity of our
offence, we would not dare to hesitate, but run with haste to fall before the Savior and say, “have mercy.” We should not treat the gift of God, as in the days of old when someone would visit (friend, family, or otherwise) unannounced, and we would speedily turn out the lights, unplug the phone, and shutter the blinds, giving the sense of not being home. When the truth is they are unwelcome. We count their visit as an intrusion or an invasion of sorts. I ask, even at this moment, is the Savior, Jesus Christ, even today, unwelcome in your life? Do we hide away as Adam, when we have given into the severest form of sin, or fallen
into the depths, the abyss of temptation? In doing we find ourselves far too distant from the safeguards of salvation.
How many times, or yet, how long does God have to stand and knock, upon the doors of our heart, all the time demonstrating to us the splendor of His unmerited grace and mercy? How often are we convinced that we have the benefit of time on our side, as it slips away ever so suddenly, as sand between our fingers? How often, how many more times, must we plead for another chance, lest He say unto us as well, “Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee:” (Luke 12:19)?
Today’s episode is titled.
Uneven Exchange
Mark 8:37
37what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
The unequivocal answer for us all should be, “absolutely nothing.” Our mind cannot grasp the enormity of Christ's
suffering. Allowing us to discern, with the greatest certainty, that we are unable to save ourselves from the deadly clutch of sin, how it fractures our covenant with
God, separates us, and hinders our ability to hear the solemn nature of His voice, as He speaks to our heart, and mends the weariness of our soul. No matter how lofty our desires, no matter the conceit of our stature, it grants
us absolutely nothing, nor does it curry any measure of favor.
