Points to Ponder

Today the Sunday sermon was divided by three pastors. All three had wonderful points and I wanted to record some of the ones that hit home with me.

One pastor gave this analogy...when you are buying a house, you are buying it because you want it to be yours. In reality what happens is that the bank pays your debt to the seller. You then become indebted to the bank. So you work long and hard to repay that debt so that one day you can truly own the house outright. The pastor said that many times this is how we view our relationship with Christ. We think He paid our debt on the cross. But then we think we become indebted to Him and work our whole lives to repay that debt. In truth, we could never repay that debt. We should look at it like a gift. You don't repay a gift. You are just very thankful for it. You try to remember the kindness of this gift and the love it took to give it to you.

Another point was this....once you accept Christ as your Savior , the eternal end of things is settled. There are human consequences to human actions here on earth (that's hard to accept for me, I want God to fix my mistakes!!) but there is no longer a question as to eternity.

One more....Good, bad or indifferent, it's all about Him. God can receive glory through any situation. He is due glory in any situation. It's all about Him. Even Jesus asked for another way to end the suffering. He asked God to change things, if it be His will. But even through the most horrible suffering imaginable, with all of humanity's sin upon Him, God received glory.

I am always thankful for a new way to see life. Thank you Lord for sharing even a bit of your insight with me. To God be the glory!