Verses: Luke 18 : 9 - 14
My thoughts about the verses:
From the title you can see that I believe that our relationship with God is based on the choices we make. Now before you get all bent out of shape I want to explain why I believe this. I believe that people can choose to love God. I believe that we can choose to be humble in the sight of God. I also believe that we can choose to put others down so that we can seem to be better.
Clearly Jesus death on the cross was a choice that Jesus did freely. The choice to give up life so that we could live was one that was taken on gladly. If you choose to accept Christ as your Savior there is no turning back. You have chosen a path that will determine your future. You are now a child of God that has been forgiven for the trespasses that you have and will make.
Yet, we can choose how we live the path that we are walking on. We can put others down or we can lift them up. We can see ourselves as undeserving of God's grace and accept that Jesus loves us as we are. We can walk through life assuming that we deserved God's love because of how righteous we are. Yet, if we choose to walk down this path are you not making yourself the center of Grace instead of making God the center.
See the lesson Jesus wants us to learn is that the gift of eternal life is a totally free gift. We did nothing to earn it. That it was through the pain and suffering of Christ on the cross that has led to the freedom that we now have. When you understand that our salvation comes from grace then you are able to make the right choices.
You become humbled by the fact that you are not worthy of the gift. Yet, God loved you enough to send Jesus to die for you. You come to the realization that there is no way you can ever pay Jesus back for the salvation that is now given to you. You are given the chance to walk down the path of life with a mere glimpse of the future hope that is yours. I am blessed to have a Savior that would die for me when I was so undeserving.
I can see the disciples listening to this story and all of a sudden learning the new twist. The ones that seem not to deserve salvation are the ones that need it the most. The ones that beg for mercy and reconciliation have already received it. Those that stand and pray acting as if they are better than others are actually less important than those that come in complete humbleness to God.
Pride is something that we all deal with in one way or another. Yet, what we need to do is put our pride into prospective. If it is keeping us from showing gratitude to God are we truly living the full potential of grace. If our pride is keeping us from helping others are we allowing God to use us. Pride isn't a bad word that we should be ashamed of having. Yet, we should always remember that knowing when to be prideful and when to be humble is one of the gifts that God gives those that will follow.
Prayer:
Thank you God for loving us when we did not deserve it. We thank you Jesus for dying on the cross when we were sinners. We thank you Holy Spirit for entering our lives to make us complete. Help us always remember that we are your children. Help us never to look down on others. Help us be a people that you are proud to say are your children. In the name of The Creator we pray. Amen
Questions:
My thoughts about the verses:
From the title you can see that I believe that our relationship with God is based on the choices we make. Now before you get all bent out of shape I want to explain why I believe this. I believe that people can choose to love God. I believe that we can choose to be humble in the sight of God. I also believe that we can choose to put others down so that we can seem to be better.
Clearly Jesus death on the cross was a choice that Jesus did freely. The choice to give up life so that we could live was one that was taken on gladly. If you choose to accept Christ as your Savior there is no turning back. You have chosen a path that will determine your future. You are now a child of God that has been forgiven for the trespasses that you have and will make.
Yet, we can choose how we live the path that we are walking on. We can put others down or we can lift them up. We can see ourselves as undeserving of God's grace and accept that Jesus loves us as we are. We can walk through life assuming that we deserved God's love because of how righteous we are. Yet, if we choose to walk down this path are you not making yourself the center of Grace instead of making God the center.
See the lesson Jesus wants us to learn is that the gift of eternal life is a totally free gift. We did nothing to earn it. That it was through the pain and suffering of Christ on the cross that has led to the freedom that we now have. When you understand that our salvation comes from grace then you are able to make the right choices.
You become humbled by the fact that you are not worthy of the gift. Yet, God loved you enough to send Jesus to die for you. You come to the realization that there is no way you can ever pay Jesus back for the salvation that is now given to you. You are given the chance to walk down the path of life with a mere glimpse of the future hope that is yours. I am blessed to have a Savior that would die for me when I was so undeserving.
I can see the disciples listening to this story and all of a sudden learning the new twist. The ones that seem not to deserve salvation are the ones that need it the most. The ones that beg for mercy and reconciliation have already received it. Those that stand and pray acting as if they are better than others are actually less important than those that come in complete humbleness to God.
Pride is something that we all deal with in one way or another. Yet, what we need to do is put our pride into prospective. If it is keeping us from showing gratitude to God are we truly living the full potential of grace. If our pride is keeping us from helping others are we allowing God to use us. Pride isn't a bad word that we should be ashamed of having. Yet, we should always remember that knowing when to be prideful and when to be humble is one of the gifts that God gives those that will follow.
Prayer:
Thank you God for loving us when we did not deserve it. We thank you Jesus for dying on the cross when we were sinners. We thank you Holy Spirit for entering our lives to make us complete. Help us always remember that we are your children. Help us never to look down on others. Help us be a people that you are proud to say are your children. In the name of The Creator we pray. Amen
Questions:
What path of life have you chosen? Are you walking with pride of who you are or are you walking with pride because of who God is? What do you need to do today to walk closer to God?
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