Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Devotions: How Important Are You to God?

 

He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?

Romans 8:32 New American Standard Bible 1995

 

What do we mean to God? How important are we to Him? It is not uncommon for people to think that God is mean, harsh or at least indifferent because that is what they have seen of Him through His followers. However, that is not true at all. The whole point of the Bible is to tell about how God made us and made a plan from before creation to save us from sin. That is the Bible in a nutshell. God chose to write one (albeit rather large) book for us to know Him and it is about His desire to have a relationship with us, and what He has done to make that possible. There is nothing mean, harsh or indifferent in that. On the contrary, it shows His deep and affectionate love for us. Even though we deserve punishment, He paid the penalty for us. He would rather pay the price than live forever without us, not because He needs us but because He wants us. So if God did not save His only Son, but sent Him to be a sacrifice for us, wouldn’t He give everything else we need too and then some? If He did not withhold His Beloved Son, why would He withhold something (anything) which is of significantly less value? God is a good God, who loves us dearly, who freely and generously gives us what we need and more. We are so infinitely blessed by Him. Unfortunately, we don’t realize it because we are not aware of it. We think that we deserve what we have been given, that it is His duty. Or we have a different view on what it is that would be best for us to have. Instead of being grateful, we become greedy, and instead of saying “thank you” we say “is that all?” We have too high a view of ourselves and too low a view of the sacrifice of Christ.

Do you trust God to provide? Do you believe that He loves you and wants to bless you? Look at what God has done for you! Look at all He has given you! He sacrificed His only Son for you! Could He give you anything more precious?

 

 

 

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