Saved From a Life of Sin
Do you ever stop to think about what God has saved you from? If you’ve grown up in church, chances are you’ve “missed out” on the sinful lifestyle that others have experienced but have you ever stopped to thank God for protecting you from that? People who are saved out of the world seem to do better at expressing their appreciation because they know what God has saved them from. People who were raised in church seem to forget that they were saved from a life of sin as well. God didn’t reach out to you because you are better than the drug addicts down the street. He reached out to you because He is full of love and mercy, and He does not want anyone to perish. He saw beyond what you were to who you could become but, without Him, you would be the most heinous, sinful person you could imagine. Maybe that’s hard to picture but it’s the difference of a life with Christ and a life without Christ.
I’m so glad God saved me when He did. I shudder to think what my life would be like without Him. I know I’m capable of living a wretched, vile life but it’s looking at Him and remembering everything He went through to enable me to be able to spend eternity with Him that keeps me striving to do what pleases Him. It’s not by works of righteousness that I have done but according to His mercy that He saved me. It’s that same mercy, however, that keeps me striving to do those works of righteousness.
As you look at those around you that you would call “sinners,” don’t forget that you too are a sinner. Thank God for His salvation and ask Him to continue to show you the areas you need to surrender to Him. I probably sound like a broken record but I can’t emphasize the importance of holiness too much. It’s the pure in heart that will see God. Does that describe you?
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