Relationship
with Jesus is free of anything we need to do, but it costs us
everything we are.
Jesus
paid it all on the cross, so there's nothing we need to do but accept
Him as our Savior. We don't live godly lives to earn our way into
Heaven; we live godly lives because we're already in Heaven. Nothing
we do or don't do makes Him love us any more or any less. So in that
sense relationship with Jesus is totally free.
But
in another sense, it's not free. It costs us our false identity.
We're so deceived into thinking that's our real identity that it
seems like a big deal to us at the time. But looking back afterward,
it's not really that big a cost because we really didn't want any of
that stuff anyway.
We
have to come to a place where we are willing to change anything in
our lifestyle, nothing held back. Relationship with Jesus costs us
everything we think we are. But it's there, in that place of
surrender, that He brings us into who we really are.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please post a comment! Come join us in the conversation. God has given you insight the rest of us need. Please remember, though, that honoring is the currency of the Kingdom of God. Feel free to disagree, but please keep your comments respectful. Any comments with profanity or other dishonoring language (including spam) will be removed. This allows the comments to be an edifying experience for everyone. I look forward to your thoughts!