Real living.

When I was thinking about what to blog about this week, I decided to look through some of my favorite verses to see if there was some wisdom in there that I was missing. Romans 5:1-11 struck me in a way that it hadn’t before. Verses 6-8 were especially new to me for some reason. It reads:

“When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.”

When it speaks about how it is unlikely that anyone would die just for Average Joe, it struck me. I’m average Joe. I would not by any means be considered righteous; I would not be considered an evil man either (I hope). No one would consider dying for me. But Christ died for me, so that I could become righteous and approach His throne. Something I love about Jesus that we so often forget is that Jesus would have died if you were the only person on the planet. He died specifically for you. Do you get that? HE DIED FOR YOU! 

How often do we forget that? 

We talk about it every Sunday, but we don’t talk about how personal it was. God would have sent Jesus if only one of us would have chosen to follow Him, if we were the only one person were going to meet Him in heaven. God was going to give that shot to any and everyone, even if only one person took the risk.

So how do we take this? This week, live like you have a new lease on life, live in a way that radically shows how important Jesus’ sacrifice was to you.

Live—like someone you know and love—died for you.