HE DOESN’T DESERVE IT

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

John 3:16 KJV

Someone said “I want to give him a gift”.  The other person replied and said “That person doesn’t deserve a gift”.  You and I didn’t and still don’t deserve the most expensive and precious Gift in the world but God still gave us the Gift of His Son.  Many people try to work for that Gift but we can’t buy it or work for it.

If we could buy or work for our salvation, Jesus wouldn’t have had to be crucified on the cross and endure an agony and excruciating pain that you and I will never know.  This beautiful Gift, our precious Saviour, came from the heart of our Heavenly Father.  O how our Heavenly Father loves you and me.

Do you know our precious Saviour?  I didn’t ask you if you are saved.  I asked if you know Him.  We can know about someone but unless we spend time with the person, we can’t know the person.  How much time do we spend with Jesus during the day?  Are we making Him happy or are we hurting Him?

If we spend more time watching television than we do with Jesus, we are hurting our precious Saviour and breaking His heart.  Jesus won the right to have first place in our heart, in our life and all that we do when He took our sins on Him and died on the cross for us.  What a Saviour, this Jesus of Nazareth!

No, you and I don’t deserve to have our sins forgiven but because God so loves us, we can be saved if we will humble ourselves, ask God to forgive our sins and invite Jesus into our heart.  Have you invited Him into your heart?  Are you saved?

Joanne Lowe

August 29, 2015