I read the other day of a man who (in order to pass his degree) had to learn Basic German throughout the summer. 5 days a week he sat in a room struggling to find motivation to learn the language, his only motivation, to get the qualification. Now let’s say at the beginning of the term that the man is promised by the exam board that no matter how hard he works he will get an A. Do you think he would still continue to work as hard knowing he had already passed? Obviously not.
Is it not like this with us and God? Jesus has already paid the price we are already going to be with him and that’s nothing to do with what we have done, are doing or will do. So why should we bother doing any good work? Why should we bother trying to tell every young person in Nottingham about Christ?
But let’s change the story slightly; let’s say the man’s wife (who he loves more than anyone else on the planet) only speaks German! Would he not then try absolutely everything he could to learn that language as quickly as possible so he could show his love to the one he adores? Although she will still love him and be his wife even if he doesn’t? That’s exactly how it is with God!
He gave absolutely everything for us so why would we not want to give everything to him? He wants nothing out of duty, in fact I think that’s exactly why Jesus was so angry with the Pharisees because they were telling the Jews that they had to live for God where as God just wanted us to be filled with his LOVE and try our hardest to LOVE him back.
Make your lives a LoveSong to God! This is not a copout you still should work hard but because you absolutely love him and even more because he absolutely Loves you.
This is why we do what we do:
“We Love because he FIRST Loved us” (1 John 4:19)
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