JULY 31, 2013
Your
Flight Is Confirmed
Read: Romans
3:21-26
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.
—1 Corinthians 15:22
A heavy thunderstorm delayed our
flight to Frankfurt, causing us
to miss our connecting flight. We were told
that we had been confirmed
on another flight the next evening. But when we
arrived at the gate, we
were told that we were on standby. The flight was full.
When I learned this, I wondered if
this was mere miscommunication or
if this was how they dealt with missed
flights. If passengers had been
told up front that they were only on standby,
they would have been
unhappy. Perhaps they saved the truth until later.
Thankfully, God doesn’t work that way.
He clearly tells us everything
we need to know to get to heaven. The Bible
declares that “all have
sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23).
God gave us the
full picture of our sin nature from Genesis 3 so that He could
give us His
full and complete solution.
God’s solution in Romans 3:24 is that
we are “justified freely by His grace
through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus.” God sent His own sinless
Son to die for our sins. His sacrifice on the
cross provided us forgiveness.
All we need to do is receive that free gift
through faith. I’m so glad God
told us the truth up front! He hasn’t left us to
find our own way.
Thank You,
Almighty God, that You don’t hide the
truth from us. You showed us how completely sin
has affected our lives in order to reinforce just
how much Jesus Christ has delivered us from.
Christ’s work
makes us safe; God’s Word makes us sure.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
