“32- He that spared
not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him
also freely give us all things?” (Romans 8:32 King James Version)
My parents did not give us all the luxuries, the
leisure, and pleasures of this life; but they gave us way better than the
former- the fear of God, Jesus, and good moral values. We were very poor when I
was growing up, but they gave us wealth that money can’t buy- spiritual riches.
They led us to God’s riches and grace that our rich next door neighbors failed
to realize. Millions of people are longing for something missing in their lives
that the great apostle Paul has the answer. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:”
(Ephesians 1:3 KJV)
I thought about this
message when I was driving on our way to the church with my youngest son at the
back seat. When I was young, we usually walk to church for more than a mile in
an early Sunday morning. We seldom get a ride to church because the church has
no bus ministry, and my parents don’t have the money for transportation. But in
spite of my rebellion to my parents, they invested something that made me a man
God wanted me to be. In God’s perspective, we may rebel against Him, and we may
do what may pleases us while it displeases Him; but we cannot deny the fact of
His investment, of His love and sacrifice for us all. He gave us His Son to
reconcile us to Him. The Bible says; “10- For if, when we were enemies,
we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled,
we shall be saved by his life. 11- And
not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we
have now received the atonement.” (Romans 5:10- 11 KJV)
