We Shall Be Saved
"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him." // Romans 5:8-9
In this infinitely complex world, keeping things simple is important. Overthinking, overanalyzing, and overcomplicating only lead to frustration and exhaustion and bitterness and resentment. All those "over" words are natural for us though - we have been given brains and smarts, but I think we have chosen to use them to try and outthink the One who gave them to us in the first place. We strive to know everything, to figure out everything, to know how it all works, to master it all. As my grandma would say, "we're gettin' too big for our own britches." And she's exactly right. Trying to explain things that are clearly out of the realm of human understanding just sets us up for failure and frustration. We try to be God instead of praising God. Praising Him that we don't have to be Him, that we don't have to know and understand every single thing that happens on this earth. Romans 11:33 says, "Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!" In Isaiah 55:9, God tells us, "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts."
We were not created to be God. We were created by God. Created to be in a relationship with our Creator.
Christianity is perhaps the most overcomplicated subject of all. It's been taken apart, put back together, turned every which way, spit on, drug through the mud, studied under a microscope, and poked and prodded over and over again.
But really, it's simple...
God created the world. God made man to be His companion and to take care of His creation. Man disobeyed God, and that sin separated the creation from the Creator. God still loved man so much and wanted to be reconciled with him. God sent His perfect Son to die in man's place and conquer sin, so the creation could once again be with the Creator.
Doesn't it just make sense that we, the creation, are supposed to be in communion with God, our Creator?
I don't understand much, and I will never even come close to understanding everything - but I do know this with all my heart: I need God, and God wants me. He wants all of us, and He made a way for us to get back to Him in spite of our sins.
Today, let's choose to keep it simple.
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"Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer.
But this I know with all my heart;
His wounds have paid my ransom."