Laughing Jesus by Robert Wilson, Sr.
I’ve mentioned recently that I’m doing the Bible study, Planted, by Annie Pajcic and I’m really enjoying it. Lots of insight into Psalm 1:1-3 and how we’re to sit, stand, and walk with Jesus.
And although every day’s lesson is great, yesterday’s was especially tender. I knew immediately I wanted to share it with you!
Annie shares how Robert McGee’s book, The Search for Significance, changed her life by helping her see who she was in Christ, that appearances and approval of others have no bearing on her worth. And they don’t determine our worth, either.
Then she quoted Romans 5:8 from The Message:
But God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him. Romans 5:8 (MSG)
“God put his love on the line…sacrificial death…while we were of no use whatever to him.”
I’ve heard that verse all my life. Memorized it as a young girl in GAs. Proclaimed it as a speaker and teacher. But never have I grasped the concept as completely as I did when I read it this week.
I was of no more use to God than a clump of South Carolina red clay, but it was at that very moment…in all my filthy uselessness…that He sacrificed His precious Son for me.
Amazing.
I pray God’s blessing on the work of your hands and your hearts,
Vonda
