Jesus Christ is the
same yesterday and today and forever.
We tend to get desensitized with stuff in this world. When
we hear some bit of news for the first time, it can have a big impact on us.
But over time, it gets old, it loses its “edge”…we get used to it and it is no
longer significant. So we move on to something new. We move on to find the next
big thing that snags our attention. What Christ did for us on that cross years
ago was a big deal. When he walked out of that tomb, having fully defeated sin
and death, it was a huge deal. The gravity and significance of what Christ did
for us remains as potent now as it did on the day he walked out of that tomb,
raised to life again. His love remains the same today as his love did when he
willingly accepted those nails. His promise to die once for all, so that all would
be raised to new life through him, remains as boldly truthful and genuine today
as it did back then. The power of the cross, the significance of the sacrifice,
and the loved poured out from the Father through Christ, remains as solid today
as it did that day at Calvary. It’s unfortunately easy for us to lose
sensitivity to this reality. It is far too easy for us, after hearing the account
hundreds of times, to get a bit nonchalant or robotic about the whole issue.
But we must remember, that our only hope rests in what Christ did hundreds of
years ago. Without his sacrifice, without his love, without his timeless
commitment to be our sacrifice, we would have nothing. Days would be dark and
the future would be bleak at best. We must never move on from the Gospel and we
must never grow tired of the impact it has on our lives. For when we keep the gift
of Christ as a potent reminder in the forefront of our minds, it influences how
we live. It influences how we react to hardship, how we interact with each
other, and how we work to further our relationship with the Father. May we seek
to remind ourselves daily that we are loved by Christ and that his sacrifice
remains the one true eternal hope that we have in this life. To God alone be
the glory!
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