If the Lord of Creation Loves

September 16

Parents love their children. It doesn’t matter if they are extraordinarily good looking and brilliantly accomplished or if they are ordinary, in our eyes they are the epitome of perfection. We love them deeply and profoundly simply because they are ours. In this regard, we are patterned after God.

In Titus 3:5-7, Paul says, “God saved us, not because of righteous things we had done but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit whom He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so, having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs of eternal life.”

Salvation, like the place of children within their parents’ hearts, is established without regard to our worthiness. Jesus Christ left His home in glory to live the righteous life we could not live and to die a propitiatory death for our sins simply because we are precious in the site of God (Philippians 2:5-8).

Whether our sins are heinous or whether they are menial in our own eyes, in His eyes they are washed away when they are covered by the blood of Jesus. Revelation 1:5 affirms that our sin is washed away in His own blood. If the Lord of Creation loves us enough to have died our behalf, shouldn’t we love Him enough to live for Him?