I think it is important for me to be reminded that I am a saved out of the abundance of God’s grace and not out of my own self worth. I have nothing that I could offer and nothing that I could have ever done or given in order to obtain the Salvation given to me through Christ Jesus. God didn’t pick only the elite people to be saved and Jesus didn’t die for those with certain qualities or abilities that others don’t have. The fact is, while I was a completely worthless, godless, sinner, with nothing to offer, Christ died for me. “One will scarcely die for a righteous person–though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die–but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” - Romans 5:7-8
God didn’t wait until I cleaned my life up and lived a pure righteous life before He sent Christ to die for my sins. Instead, God knew that there is no way possible that I would ever clean my life up and do what is right. In fact, I am unable to do good. Therefore, while I am a pathetic, lost sinner with no hope Christ came to earth to suffer and die for me. It is this grace, mercy, and love of God that I do not deserve.
As Christians I think we far too often take for granted this very fact and act as if we deserve what we have. Our church, our family, our stuff, our life, we sometimes think that we are so very deserving of all of these things because we work for them, we do good, we pay our tithes, we show up every Sunday and God should reward us with blessings. I often ask the question, “If you woke up tomorrow and only had what you thanked God for the day before then what would you have left?” Everything we have is from God, not because we deserve it, but because of his grace and his goodness towards us. We should be ever mindful of Christ’s sacrifice for people who didn’t deserve it and we should be thankful for God’s grace and mercy on those who did not earn it. Truely God loved us, though we did not love Him.
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