God’s desire for your life is that you would know, worship and glorify him.  He says in John 17:3 that knowing him is eternal life.  God created us and designed us.  He created us specifically for him meaning that our purpose is for him.  Our passions were designed for him and our satisfaction was designed to be found in him.  Our sinful nature pulls us from our design though.  Our sin separates us from God.  Romans 6:23 says that the wages of our sin is death, the opposite of eternal life.  But God, from the beginning of time had a plan to redeem his creation from sin and death.  Two thousand years ago, Jesus, the Son of God, came to earth on a mission to save people who are on a road to eternal death.  He lived the perfect life and then willfully gave himself as a sacrifice for our sins.  He was the ultimate sacrifice to bridge the gap between God and his creation.  He died on a cross, bearing God’s wrath for our sin on himself.  He taught that all who put their faith and trust in him would be forgiven of their sins, become children of God, and receive everlasting life that can be found nowhere else but in him.

Jesus came to seek and to save the lost (Luke 19:10), giving his life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:45).  With Paul I say that “Jesus came into the world to save sinners – of whom I am the worst” (1 Timothy 1:15).  He paid his life for me.  He bought me.  I am not my own (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).  He has chosen me and made me his own so “that [I] may proclaim the excellencies of him who called [me] out of darkness into his marvelous light” (1 Peter 2:9).  Thank you Lord for your grace and mercy.

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