My little addition to Our Daily Bread (6/29/11):
Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:1 HCSB)What a tremendous story in today’s ODB about joy on the journey displayed as a true believer allowed God’s love to flow through him to create light and life in the morgue. The only "hope" the unbeliever could dare hold on to was a better passing staying near the dead. In the rat race of 21
st Century America, it is heard all too often that "you can rest when your dead" as busy men and women try to cram one more thing into their hectic schedule. When someone like Dusty Miller shows incomprehensible peace in the turmoil, it’s amazing to me how close that cliché is to the real truth. The confidence of true hope is only found when, like the Apostle Paul, we are "crucified with Christ" and let Him live on through us (Galatians 2:19-20).
Many find themselves in a different rat race wondering if they have "done enough" or "done it right." Well, the short answer is no. No one is righteous and it is humanly impossible to do "enough" to obtain righteousness. Just because it is not humanly possible does not mean it’s impossible. God made a way to make us righteous through faith in Christ. Only God could "do enough" to make that happen. Christ loves us so much that He stepped out of heaven and did it right so that we may be declared righteous. It is so peaceful knowing that He’s done all the work, I can just live in grateful service.
"Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. … For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
(Matthew 11:28, 30 HCSB)
Don't worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses every thought, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7 HCSB)Andy Jentes
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