We
really gotta get past the Savior thing. Yes, Jesus is totally our
Savior, and we love Him for that – while we were yet sinners and
hated Him, He demonstrated His love for us in this – Christ died
for us (my paraphrase of Romans 5:8).
But
for some people, that's it. That sums up their whole relationship
with him. God became human and he did this really spectacular thing
for them a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, and it's great
because now they have this great life insurance policy -- “salvation”
and they get to go to heaven, sometime, in the sweet by-and-by. But
it all seems very distant and impersonal and far away and, well, just
not very relative to their day-to-day life in survival mode.
Jesus
didn't die for you so He could be your insurance salesman. He died
for you to be your lover. Salvation is just the tip of the iceberg!
There is So. Much. More! We can know Him so deep, and with such
ferocious intimacy.
Think
about this today. Jesus didn't die for you to give you salvation,
although that's a byproduct. Salvation was never the point; it was a
necessary prerequisite. Jesus died to give you Himself.
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