Monday Reading: Romans 5:6-9
Key Verse: Romans 5:7
7 For one will with difficulty die for a righteous one, yet perhaps one would even dare to die for a good one.
Devotion:
It seems like we hear about people who have died for their country almost every day because of the number of wars going on around the world. For men and women to go and fight in another country for their country, for their friends and for their relatives takes a lot of courage. They do that because they believe that they are doing it for the good of the people back home; I doubt that they would think of any undeserving people when they are fighting on the front line but rather of the people that deserve their protection.
We like to do things for people that we love and respect because it makes us feel better knowing that we are able to do things for them. On the other hand we do not like doing things for people who have no love or respect for us. We quite often have clear views on who we should respect, who we should like and what we should do for them too. That comes from knowing each other in some way and knowing how we can please each other should we wish to.
When we think about what Christ has done for us, we then see a whole new level of love that we can only aspire to reach. For God loved us so much that He allowed His Son to die for us. Jesus willingly gave His own life for us. And the most amazing part is that He gave it up for us whilst we were still deep in sin and did not even know Him! Yes He knew who was going to accept Him and who was going to reject Him, but He still gave His life for each and every one of us so that we would all have the same chance at getting to be saved from our sins. He did not die to save us in our sins but to save us from our sins. We wallow in our sins and cannot find a way out no matter how hard we try; but Christ died so that we would get that helping hand to save us just when we thought there was no hope left. What love!
Points to Ponder:
Would you do anything for anybody?
Do you deserve what Christ has done for you?
