Starting with the Cross

I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. How else could the power of God be displayed but in the Gospel of Christ? It is amazing to think that before the foundation of the world, God planned for His Son to die as a ransom for His Bride. It was God's plan to crush His Son. I sinned... yet Christ died.

I'm indebted now to God. He redeemed me, or bought me back. This is the greatest reason why I must start with the cross. Their are many different descriptions that can be given for the cross. It is a beautiful picture of how much Christ loved me in him giving himself for me. It is an ugly picture of how much God hates my sin in crucifying His own Son.

The most amazing thing to me is I did nothing to deserve such love. I'm a terrible person. I profess God with my lips, but many times my life professes that I'm an atheist. Many times I have pondered why God would choose me? I have yet to come up with an answer and that is what makes my Christianity special. It is not about me... it is about God and serving God.

The cross is where I start and the cross is where I stand. I stand forgiven. I stand grateful. I stand in wonder. My sin list is too long to name and yet God placed my sin and put it on His Son and Christ died for my sin. It was my sin that held him there and it is His blood that covers that sin. I drift from the cross... so very often. I must stand firm.

Living He loved me,

Dying He saved me,

Buried He carried my sins far away.

Rising He justified, freely forever.

One day He's coming, O glorious day!