Good Tuesday morning! Where will the journey to Christ take us today? I find it interesting that in reading Pastor Rogers' devotional today that not only has there never been anyone like Jesus, there never will be as well. Wait a minute, is not the point of our journey to become more like Jesus each day? Yes, that is true, but at the same time none of us will ever be Jesus. His is a singular place in all of history, creation, and in our hearts. While we do strive to be more like Him, and He in turn works in our lives to make us more in His own likeness, He alone died for our sins and He alone sits at God's right hand. However, this great being and person, God in human flesh, Savior. Lord, and Messiah, wants to be your friend. That still causes me to marvel at the love of God for us. With all of our imperfections, and we are so imperfect that we either see too few or too many when we look at ourselves, He still loved us enough to die for us on the cross. How can this be?
Looking for the answer with human wisdom will never work. Only by believing that God does love us enough to die for us does the answer come. God chose to love His own creations so much that He sent His Son to save us. In His great love, He chose to give us the free choice to love Him in return, and thus learn to love one another, or to reject Him for all eternity. Human intellect will never get this! All the answers sought in human thinking: loving one another, peace, joy, contentment, forgiveness, compassion, and other good qualities can only come through believing in Christ. In human reasoning, that statement seems absurd, unreasonable, and - here's the big one - intolerant. I had one of these classes just last year and I can hear what the intellectuals of the world would say even now. I stand in Christ, we will only find the peace, joy, and ability to love that we seek by coming to the author of those good things, Jesus Christ! We learn to love in Him who first loved us.
Have a wonderful and blessed Tuesday!
Your friend in Christ, Bucky
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