The love of Christ changed me permanently [and continues to do so because I am an ungrateful, forgetful creature] when I understood the Gospel of Jesus Christ accurately. When I acknowledged that I, though I was physically alive, was spiritually dead -that is when He began a good work in me.
“‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life...Then you will know that I am the LORD.” - Ezekiel 37: 4-6
Christ breathed life into my dry bones when he offered Himself on the cross and with His resurrection I was [am] made a new creature and was [am] able to go boldly to the throne of God, because I was [am] made alive and righteous by the blood of Christ. I am forever changed by this awesome act of Love.
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” - John 15:13
I’m continually being moved and challenged by Christ’s Love - His love for me personally, that is. I am able to fairly easily accept that Christ loves "US", He loves "HIS CHILDREN", He loves "BELIEVERS", etc…but it still moves me to tears when I feel His overwhelming love cover my very own heart and soul. In the stillness of being wrapped up in His love, I am reminded that Christ loves me, not US but ME! I heard a Pastor once say, “Christ doesn’t love us like a football stadium full of people. He loves each of us individually.” So true! It’s easy to get lost in thinking that God loves the masses as opposed to God loves ME- the individual -but I challenge you today to blast the video below and bask in Christ’s awesome act of love for you personally!
-Viney